Ruby Neilson Bates Thorne, 94, a former resident of Murtaugh and Shoshone, passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at Braswell's Hampton Manor in Yucaipa, California.
She was born Dec. 23, 1916 in Annabella, Utah to James Henry Neilson and Lillis Louisa Davis. She married Grant Lyman Bates in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1935. He passed away in 1982. She married Burton Thorne in 1984. He passed away in 1990.
She is survived by her daughter, Sherry (LeRoy) Kelly of La Habra, California; two daughters-in-law, Larae (Gordon) Curtis of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Vicki Bates of Yucaipa, California; 15 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Linda Louise; two sons, Rodney Bates and Bruce Bates and one great-granddaughter, Hannah Bates.
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT
She was born Dec. 23, 1916 in Annabella, Utah to James Henry Neilson and Lillis Louisa Davis. She married Grant Lyman Bates in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1935. He passed away in 1982. She married Burton Thorne in 1984. He passed away in 1990.
She is survived by her daughter, Sherry (LeRoy) Kelly of La Habra, California; two daughters-in-law, Larae (Gordon) Curtis of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Vicki Bates of Yucaipa, California; 15 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Linda Louise; two sons, Rodney Bates and Bruce Bates and one great-granddaughter, Hannah Bates.
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT
Ruby Neilson Bates Thorne, 94, a former resident of Murtaugh and Shoshone, passed away Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at Braswell's Hampton Manor in Yucaipa, California.
She was born Dec. 23, 1916 in Annabella, Utah to James Henry Neilson and Lillis Louisa Davis. She married Grant Lyman Bates in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1935. He passed away in 1982. She married Burton Thorne in 1984. He passed away in 1990.
She is survived by her daughter, Sherry (LeRoy) Kelly of La Habra, California; two daughters-in-law, Larae (Gordon) Curtis of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Vicki Bates of Yucaipa, California; 15 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Linda Louise; two sons, Rodney Bates and Bruce Bates and one great-granddaughter, Hannah Bates.
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT
She was born Dec. 23, 1916 in Annabella, Utah to James Henry Neilson and Lillis Louisa Davis. She married Grant Lyman Bates in the Salt Lake LDS Temple in 1935. He passed away in 1982. She married Burton Thorne in 1984. He passed away in 1990.
She is survived by her daughter, Sherry (LeRoy) Kelly of La Habra, California; two daughters-in-law, Larae (Gordon) Curtis of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Vicki Bates of Yucaipa, California; 15 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Linda Louise; two sons, Rodney Bates and Bruce Bates and one great-granddaughter, Hannah Bates.
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT
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