Regina L. Bates

Regina L. Bates

Regina L. Bates, 85, Shawnee, Kansas passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the Wilshire at Lakewood Nursing Center, Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

 

Regina was born March 25, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas to Frank and Margaret (Devlin) Hashman. She was a 1943 graduate of Ward High School, Kansas City, Kansas. On May 17, 1946, Regina married Elmer Bates in Kansas City, Kansas. She was an education aide at Flint Elementary School for 20 years.

 

Regina was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer in 2000, daughter, Patricia Ann Bates in 1961 and brother, Robert Donald Hashman, 1977. Survivors include her three daughters, Susan Erny and husband, George, Mapleton, Kansas, Janet Reed, Gardner, Kansas and Mary Mangini and husband, Bill, Kirksville, Missouri; three sons, John Bates and wife, Barbara, Olathe, Kansas, Joe Bates and wife, Sue, Gardner, Kansas and Jim Bates and wife, Carolyn, Lee’s Summit, Missouri; brother, Frank Hashman and wife, Kate, Olathe, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and many other family and friends.

 

Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Theresa Circle, c/o St. Joseph Catholic Church, 5901 Flint, Shawnee, Kansas 66203.

 

Visitation and Funeral Mass

 

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 am, Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church; burial in the St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-8 pm, Friday, August 20, 2010, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee, where a rosary recitation will be at 5:00 pm.

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  1. Robin Erny and Cathy Hammack on August 18th, 2010 2:41 pm

    Susan and family,

    We are very sorry for your loss. Regina was a very special person who always greeted people with a smile. We were very blessed to have known her and had the opportunity to spend time with her.

    Robin and Cathy

  2. Dick Cray on August 19th, 2010 8:29 am

    John and Barbara,

    My condolences to you and your family. Your mother was a great lady, John, and I know she loved you.

    I think about your Dad, the old gang at Premier quite often and am so very fond of those memories.

    I hope all is well with the Bates family.

    Dick and Mary

  3. Susie Fanning on August 20th, 2010 9:25 am

    Bates Family,
    I’m sorry to hear about your Mom. I worked with her at Flint school for many years. She was quite a gal. We could always have a good laugh. The stories about Em and the kids – always a delight to be around and always had that twinkle in her eye. She loved you all so very much.

    You are in my thoughts,
    Susie Fanning

  4. Gary, Donna & Amy Bates on August 20th, 2010 8:11 pm

    Bates Family,
    We offer our sincerest condolences, knowing first-hand, that it is not easy, laying a loved one to rest. But there is a blessed hope in the resurrection that we can look forward to. You are in our prayers.

    Gary, Donna & Amy Bates

  5. Pat Downey on August 21st, 2010 11:42 am

    Sorry to hear of Regina’s death. I was unable to join you for the wake or the Mass, but my prayers are with all of you, and I will remember Regina in my prayers. She was a very nice lady.

  6. Mary (Garrett) Connelly on August 31st, 2010 9:29 am

    Dear Family, the years have passed and miles of separtation but in thought and in my heart your mom, your dad, all of you are in my sweet memories. I loved your mom’s laugh. I loved the times I shared with her. Here is a poem I love and I hope it brings you comfort.
    ***ALL IS WELL***
    Death is nothing at all.
    I have only slipped away into the next room.
    I am I, and you are you.
    Whatever we were to each other, that we still are.
    Call me by my old familiar name,
    Speak to me in the easy way which you always used.
    Put no difference in your tone,
    Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
    Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
    Play, smile, think of me and if you want to, pray for me.
    Let my name be ever the household word that it always was,
    Let it be spoken without effect,
    Without the trace of a shadow on it.
    Life means all that it ever meant.
    It is the same as it ever was;
    There is unbroken continuity.
    Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
    I am waiting for you,
    For an interval,
    Somewhere very near,
    Just around the corner.
    All is well. ”
    by Henry Scott-Holland

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