Ralph W. “Babo” Bate, 84, of Dilliner, (Moffitt-Sterling), Pa., passed away Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in the Washington Hospital. Born in Moffitt, Pa., on April 7, 1936, he was a son of the late Thomas Bate and Eleanor (Hilpert) Bate Rawlings.
A U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict, he had worked at Penco Products, of Oaks, Pa., Gateway Coal Company, of Greene County, until it was closed, and then in the maintenance Department of West Virginia University.
Surviving is his son, Mark Bate and wife Carla; one grandson, Christopher Bate; a brother, Jim Rawlings and wife Josephine, and his mother-in-law, Mary Garrison, all of Moffitt, Pa.; also his sister, Ethel Richards, of Mentor, Ohio; a number of nieces and nephews; and many friends and neighbors.
Ralph was predeceased by his beloved wife of 57 years, Joanna, on March 3, 2015, and a brother, Thomas Bate.
Friends are invited to join his family for graveside services in the Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17. Military Honors will be accorded at that time by the Point Marion Veterans Posts. Arrangements are in the care of the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion.
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