Obituaries

Kathy Bate

Kathy Irene (Lee) Bate, 62, of Dilliner, Pa., passed away Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in the Waynesburg Healthcare Center, following a lengthy illness. Born in Waynesburg on May 23, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Pauline (Riley) Lee.

Kathy attended Mapletown High School, and was a skilled and compassionate certified nursing assistant who worked in the Morgantown and Waynesburg areas during her career. She also enjoyed crafting, cooking and was always willing to help others.

She was the loving wife of Thomas Bate Jr. for 27 wonderful years, and the mother of her son, John Billetz, of Mount Morris, Pa., who she absolutely adored. Also surviving is a stepson, Shawn Bate; four sisters, Doris Garrison, of Millsboro, Del., Linda Lee, of Tucson, Ariz., Debbie Eddy and husband Roy, of Maidsville, and Donna Cooper and husband Clyde, of Clarksville, Pa.; and three brothers, Estle Lee, of Buckhannon, Larry Lee, of Morgantown, and Danny Lee, of Fairmont.

Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, and from 10 a.m. Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of service, with Pastor David Lee Corob officiating. Interment will follow in Wolf’s Cemetery, Dilliner.

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