Shirley McJilton Gates (1932 - 2015)
Obituary
Shirley McJilton Gates passed away
August 29th in Denver, Colorado. She was born December 11, 1932 in
Newton to Luther and Gladys McJilton. She graduated from Newton High
School in 1950 and attended Kansas State University and Wichita
University.
On May 31, 1952, she married Sidney
Gates of Newton. He survives. Other survivors include a son, Brian
Gates and wife, Barbara, of Arlington, Texas, and a daughter, Carol
Bauman and husband, Bill of Littleton, Colorado, four grandchildren
and five great grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Barbara
Fabic of Gaithersburg, Maryland and Darla Neal of Hutchinson, Kansas.
A memorial service will be held
Saturday September 5th 2:30pm at Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary-6601
South Colorado Blvd. Centennial, CO. Memorials may be sent to The
Denver Hospice in care of Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary.
Published in The Kansan on Sept. 4,
2015
Shirley Ann Gates
December 11, 1932 - August 29, 2015
Obituary
Shirley Ann Gates passed away Saturday
August 29, 2015 at the Denver Hospice.
She was born December 11, 1932 in
Newton, Kansas, the daughter of Luther and Gladys McJilton. Shirley
graduated from Newton High School in 1950 and attended Kansas State
University and Wichita University. On May 31, 1952, she married
Sidney Gates in Newton. He survives.
Other survivors include: son, Brian
Gates and his wife Barbara of Arlington, TX, daughter, Carol Bauman
and husband Bill of Centennial, CO, four grandchildren, Patrick and
Russell Gates of Arlington, TX, and Leigh Torres and husband Steve of
Castle Rock, CO, and Jackie Jackson and husband Luke of Highlands
Ranch, CO, and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving are sisters,
Barbara Fabic of Gaithersburg, MD, and Darla Neal of Hutchinson, KS,
and fourteen nieces and nephews.
After raising her children, Shirley was
the office manager of Dill and Dill, Attorneys at Law. She was an
avid tennis and duplicate bridge player, a volunteer in the schools
and a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
Visitation will be held on Friday,
September 4th from 5 to 8 p.m., for friends at Olinger Chapel Hill
Mortuary, 6601 S. Colorado Blvd. Centennial, CO, 80121. Phone number:
303-771-3960. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September
5th at 2:30 p.m., at Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary, 6601 S. Colorado
Blvd. Centennial, CO 80121. Memorial donations may be sent to The
Denver Hospice in care of Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary.
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