Joan Bates
ALEM - Joan Phyllis Bates, 87, died Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Brookdale Salem, where she had been a resident.
She was born May 3, 1935 in Kingston, New Hampshire, the daughter of John and Alice Simes. She married her high school sweetheart, William (Bill) Bates and moved with him, and later their four children to various spots in the country, notably Stratford, NJ, Fort Wayne, IN Canfield, OH and Greenville, SC. She and Bill retired to The Villages in Florida,...
ALEM - Joan Phyllis Bates, 87, died Thursday, January 19, 2023, at Brookdale Salem, where she had been a resident.
She was born May 3, 1935 in Kingston, New Hampshire, the...