{"id":952,"date":"2015-10-21T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=952"},"modified":"2015-10-21T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:33:02","slug":"obituary-notice-walter-e-bates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=952","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Walter E. Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BatesW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-953\" alt=\"BatesW\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BatesW-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>SILVER CREEK:\u00a0 Walter E. Bates, 69, of Burgess Street, Silver Creek, died Tuesday, October 20th, 2015, at his residence.\u00a0 He was born in Topeka, KS on January 12, 1946, the son of Robert and Helen (Rounds) Bates, of Fredonia.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bates was a graduate of Dunkirk High School, Class of 1964 and owned &amp; operated D&amp;K Furniture, Inc., West Sheridan, from 1979 until his retirement in 2015.\u00a0 He was an active member &amp; Vice President of Trinity Lutheran Church, Silver Creek, a member of Dunkirk Moose Lodge #59 and a former member of Tri-County Country Club, Forestville.\u00a0 Mr. Bates was an avid Buffalo Bills Fan, enjoyed Harleys, playing golf, traveling, bowling, &amp; his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth M. (Lucas) Bates, whom he married October 18, 1986, in the First United Church, Silver Creek, two daughters, Susan (Joseph) Michaelis, of Scottsdale, AZ, Lisa (Joel) Green, of Fredonia, four sons Keith (Kim) Mages, of Fredonia, John Fanale, of Silver Creek, David Fanale and Brad Fanale, both of Fredonia, two brothers, Robert (Linda) Bates and David Bates, both of Fredonia.\u00a0 He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and several nieces &amp; nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Friends are welcome to call at the Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville Thursday evening from 7-9 pm and on Friday from 2-4 &amp; 7-9 pm.\u00a0 Funeral Services will be held Saturday morning at 11 o&#8217;clock, from Trinity Lutheran Church, 15 Porter Street, Silver Creek, with Rev. Travis Grubbs, officiating.\u00a0 Interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery, Silver Creek.<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorial donations may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church, 15 Porter Street, Silver Creek, NY 14136.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SILVER CREEK:\u00a0 Walter E. Bates, 69, of Burgess Street, Silver Creek, died Tuesday, October 20th, 2015, at his residence.\u00a0 He was born in Topeka, KS on January 12, 1946, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}