Lowville Journal and Republican - Thursday November 12, 1953
An elderly man who failed to return from one of his regular walks was found dead Sunday night at 7:30 in a wooded area a short distance from the nursing home in which he lived.
The man was identified as Robert L. Bates, 74.
He had lived the past six years at the Kaler nursing home, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kaler, Lowville, R.D. 3 near Beaches' Bridge. A retired from Montague, Lewis County, he had never married.
Sunday afternoon after dinner he left the nursing home to take one of his usual walks. He usually came home before dark, Kaler said. When supper time came and he hadn't appeared, Mr. Kaler and his son-in-law, Charles Robbins, went looking for the elderly man. They found his footprints in the snow and followed them. Mr. Bates was found dead on the ground in a wooded section about an eighth of a mile behind the nursing home.
Mr. Bates had been fond of that area, which contains a few pine trees. He used to make a seat and sit beneath the trees, Mrs. Kaler said.
Dr. Elbert Dalton, Beaver Falls, Lewis county coroner, issued a verdict of natural death.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from the Virkler funeral home, Rev. George J. Douglas, pastor of teh Church of the Nazarene, Lowville, officiated. Burial was made at Pierce's Corners, St. Lawrence county.
Though he had suffered a stroke three years ago, Mr. Bates was active until his death. He had no known close relatives.
Mr. Bates was born at Macomb, March 3, 1879, the son of William R and Martha Washburn Bates. His father died when the son was only a year old.
As a young man we worked on farms in the town of Harrisburg and later worked on farms in the town of Montague.
An elderly man who failed to return from one of his regular walks was found dead Sunday night at 7:30 in a wooded area a short distance from the nursing home in which he lived.
The man was identified as Robert L. Bates, 74.
He had lived the past six years at the Kaler nursing home, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kaler, Lowville, R.D. 3 near Beaches' Bridge. A retired from Montague, Lewis County, he had never married.
Sunday afternoon after dinner he left the nursing home to take one of his usual walks. He usually came home before dark, Kaler said. When supper time came and he hadn't appeared, Mr. Kaler and his son-in-law, Charles Robbins, went looking for the elderly man. They found his footprints in the snow and followed them. Mr. Bates was found dead on the ground in a wooded section about an eighth of a mile behind the nursing home.
Mr. Bates had been fond of that area, which contains a few pine trees. He used to make a seat and sit beneath the trees, Mrs. Kaler said.
Dr. Elbert Dalton, Beaver Falls, Lewis county coroner, issued a verdict of natural death.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from the Virkler funeral home, Rev. George J. Douglas, pastor of teh Church of the Nazarene, Lowville, officiated. Burial was made at Pierce's Corners, St. Lawrence county.
Though he had suffered a stroke three years ago, Mr. Bates was active until his death. He had no known close relatives.
Mr. Bates was born at Macomb, March 3, 1879, the son of William R and Martha Washburn Bates. His father died when the son was only a year old.
As a young man we worked on farms in the town of Harrisburg and later worked on farms in the town of Montague.
Lowville Journal and Republican - Thursday November 12, 1953
An elderly man who failed to return from one of his regular walks was found dead Sunday night at 7:30 in a wooded area a short distance from the nursing home in which he lived.
The man was identified as Robert L. Bates, 74.
He had lived the past six years at the Kaler nursing home, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kaler, Lowville, R.D. 3 near Beaches' Bridge. A retired from Montague, Lewis County, he had never married.
Sunday afternoon after dinner he left the nursing home to take one of his usual walks. He usually came home before dark, Kaler said. When supper time came and he hadn't appeared, Mr. Kaler and his son-in-law, Charles Robbins, went looking for the elderly man. They found his footprints in the snow and followed them. Mr. Bates was found dead on the ground in a wooded section about an eighth of a mile behind the nursing home.
Mr. Bates had been fond of that area, which contains a few pine trees. He used to make a seat and sit beneath the trees, Mrs. Kaler said.
Dr. Elbert Dalton, Beaver Falls, Lewis county coroner, issued a verdict of natural death.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from the Virkler funeral home, Rev. George J. Douglas, pastor of teh Church of the Nazarene, Lowville, officiated. Burial was made at Pierce's Corners, St. Lawrence county.
Though he had suffered a stroke three years ago, Mr. Bates was active until his death. He had no known close relatives.
Mr. Bates was born at Macomb, March 3, 1879, the son of William R and Martha Washburn Bates. His father died when the son was only a year old.
As a young man we worked on farms in the town of Harrisburg and later worked on farms in the town of Montague.
An elderly man who failed to return from one of his regular walks was found dead Sunday night at 7:30 in a wooded area a short distance from the nursing home in which he lived.
The man was identified as Robert L. Bates, 74.
He had lived the past six years at the Kaler nursing home, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kaler, Lowville, R.D. 3 near Beaches' Bridge. A retired from Montague, Lewis County, he had never married.
Sunday afternoon after dinner he left the nursing home to take one of his usual walks. He usually came home before dark, Kaler said. When supper time came and he hadn't appeared, Mr. Kaler and his son-in-law, Charles Robbins, went looking for the elderly man. They found his footprints in the snow and followed them. Mr. Bates was found dead on the ground in a wooded section about an eighth of a mile behind the nursing home.
Mr. Bates had been fond of that area, which contains a few pine trees. He used to make a seat and sit beneath the trees, Mrs. Kaler said.
Dr. Elbert Dalton, Beaver Falls, Lewis county coroner, issued a verdict of natural death.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from the Virkler funeral home, Rev. George J. Douglas, pastor of teh Church of the Nazarene, Lowville, officiated. Burial was made at Pierce's Corners, St. Lawrence county.
Though he had suffered a stroke three years ago, Mr. Bates was active until his death. He had no known close relatives.
Mr. Bates was born at Macomb, March 3, 1879, the son of William R and Martha Washburn Bates. His father died when the son was only a year old.
As a young man we worked on farms in the town of Harrisburg and later worked on farms in the town of Montague.
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