Elizabeth A. ‘Bette’ Gates

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(Feb. 27, 1936 - Aug. 27, 2014)

Elizabeth A. “Bette” Gates died on Aug. 27, 2014, at Powell Valley Healthcare. She was 78.

She was born Feb. 27, 1936, to Franklin Henry Gates and Mary Elizabeth Steck Gates in Rock Springs.

Bette received her education through Big Horn Enterprises.

She was preceded in death by her parents Mary and Franklin Gates and brother-in-law Bill Glencross.

She is survived by brothers Franklin “Bud” (Priscilla) Gates of Powell and Timothy (Kate) Gates of Marblehead, Mass.; sister Lois Glencross of Barefoot Bay, Fla.; seven nieces and nephews and 12 great-nieces and -nephews.

Memorial services will be held Friday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. at the Union Presbyterian Church in Powell.

Burial will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery.

Arrangements are being handled by Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.thompsonfuneral.net or to P.O. Box 807 Powell, WY, 82435.

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