1919
Lucille
2008
Lucille Gates
August 4, 1919 — February 24, 2008
Lucille K. Gates, 88, of Curwensville died on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Marion Manor II in Curwensville.
She was born on August 4, 1919 in Philipsburg, a daughter of the late Cloyd J. and Sara D. (McMurray) Moss.
Mrs. Gates was a homemaker and had previously been employed at the Clearfield Hospital as a switchboard operator and also at the Defense Plant in Curwensville as a secretary.
She was a member of the Curwensville United Methodist Church, the Progressors Sunday School Class, the Church choir and also worked in the kitchen at the church. She was also a member of the Grampian Community Choir, the Grampian Days Park Association and the A.A.R.P. She was active in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and belonged to the Senior Citizens Group in Woodland.
She is survived by two sons, Donald E. Gates and wife Glinda of Jacksonville, FL and Larry J. Gates and wife Deborah of Manassas Park, VA; four grandchildren, Donna Hayes, Joey Gates, Christian Gates, and Ronald Gates; ten great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard C. 'Dick' Gates on December 18, 2007 and whom she married September 26, 1942 in Bradford, a sister Evelyn Shaw and brothers, Chester, Clarence, Tom and Cloyd Moss.
Funeral services will be held at the Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home, Curwensville on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Alison W. Grove officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Monday from 2 – 4 and 6-8:00 PM and Tuesday from 10-11:00 AM.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Curwensville United Methodist Church, 602 State Street, Curwensville.
She was born on August 4, 1919 in Philipsburg, a daughter of the late Cloyd J. and Sara D. (McMurray) Moss.
Mrs. Gates was a homemaker and had previously been employed at the Clearfield Hospital as a switchboard operator and also at the Defense Plant in Curwensville as a secretary.
She was a member of the Curwensville United Methodist Church, the Progressors Sunday School Class, the Church choir and also worked in the kitchen at the church. She was also a member of the Grampian Community Choir, the Grampian Days Park Association and the A.A.R.P. She was active in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and belonged to the Senior Citizens Group in Woodland.
She is survived by two sons, Donald E. Gates and wife Glinda of Jacksonville, FL and Larry J. Gates and wife Deborah of Manassas Park, VA; four grandchildren, Donna Hayes, Joey Gates, Christian Gates, and Ronald Gates; ten great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Howard C. 'Dick' Gates on December 18, 2007 and whom she married September 26, 1942 in Bradford, a sister Evelyn Shaw and brothers, Chester, Clarence, Tom and Cloyd Moss.
Funeral services will be held at the Kevin A. Beardsley Funeral Home, Curwensville on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Alison W. Grove officiating. Interment will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Monday from 2 – 4 and 6-8:00 PM and Tuesday from 10-11:00 AM.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Curwensville United Methodist Church, 602 State Street, Curwensville.
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