Background
Bates, Reitta Ione was born on December 9, 1924 in Mazon, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Albert G. and Veda M. (Sutton) Frazer.
Bates, Reitta Ione was born on December 9, 1924 in Mazon, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Albert G. and Veda M. (Sutton) Frazer.
Diploma, Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, 1946. Student, Olivet Nazarene College, Bourbonnais, Illinois. Student, Kankakee Community College.
Night house supervisor, Silver Cross Hospital, 1946-1947, 48, 49-50; nurse, Manteno Eastern State Hospital, 1953-1978; medical-surgical staff nurse, Skaggs Community Hospital, Branson, Missouri, 1982-1985. Student nurse part-time Kankakee Community College, 1971-1974, Olivet Nazarene College, 1967.
Volunteer Hospice American, 1994-1995. Nurse cadet World World War World War II. Member Missouri State Nurses Association.
Married Jesse Ray Bates, February 16, 1947 (deceased March 20, 1991). Children: Cathy Ann, Marcus Ray, Cynthia Marie.