Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Yokohama, Aomori, Japan
• Residence: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
• Residence: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1940, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
• Departure: Jan 1954, Seattle, King, Washington, USA

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Helen Marie Williams Bates
BIRTH 2 Jan 1924
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA
DEATH 13 Mar 2010 (aged 86)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
BURIAL
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
MEMORIAL ID 101337728 · View Source

MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 8
FLOWERS 2
Devoted wife of Henry, they were married on April 2nd 1951 in Lawton Oklahoma. Born in Springfield Missouri, but grew up with her three sisters in Wichita Kansas during the depression years.
Served in Womens Army Corps (WAC's) from 1949 to 1951. She was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas. During this time, she met movie actor John Wayne, and her future husband Henry Bates Jr. She and Henry had three sons: Charles Henry, Gene Wayne, and Gregory Lynn. They remained married for more than 50 years: until his death in 2008.
After their marriage, Henry and Helen settled down in Derby Kansas. Henry worked for Boeing Aircraft many years, but they moved to Topeka Kansas in 1972 after Henry started a job with the Postal Service in that city. Helen retired from Woolworths in 1985. After this, her and Henry spent much time traveling around the country with two different camping clubs, and their youngest son Greg.
Will always be remembered as a loving mother and devoted wife.

Helen married Bates, Henry J on 2 Apr 1951. Henry (son of Bates, Henry B and Cox, Lucinda) was born on 10 Mar 1926 in Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 29 Nov 2008 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA; was buried after 29 Nov 2008 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]