A new article has been added to: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=328 Illinois Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=59439 Article title: Pike Press Article date: July 23 2008 Article description: Obituary of Gates, Sharon Article: Sharon Gates, 67, died July 19, 2008, surrounded by her loving husband and children. She was born July 7, 1941 to G. Earl and Opal Motley. She married Robert Gates in New Canton, June 26, 1959. Sharon worked at Gates Repair & Machine with her children for many years, Sny Island Levee Drainage District, First National Bank of Barry and Motorola. She is survived by her husband, Robert of New Canton; a son, Rob (Jan) Gates of New Canton; and a daughter, Shelley Syrcle of Barry; three granddaughters, Alicia, Shannon and Shelbey; one sister, Joyce Martin of Liberty; a sister-in-law, Etta Motley of Rockport; a brother, Doug (Carolyn) Motley of Louisiana, Mo. and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Kenneth Motley; one brother-in-law, Gilbert Martin; a son-in-law, Kevin 'Red' Syrcle. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She quilted with the Hull & Payson quilt groups. She loved quilting, swedish weaving, baking and cooking, bluegrass music, boat racing, harvesting pecans at the river, traveling in the bus and enjoyed many many adventures with her family and friends. Sharon will be deeply missed by all who knew her. She was a kind and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. And with every one she met, her quilt of life grew with patterns and stitches of love. Visitation will be held today, Wednesday, July 23, from 4 - 8 pm and the funeral will be Thursday, July 24, at 10 am. Both will be held at the Niebur Funeral Home in Barry, with graveside services following the funeral at the Shearer Cemetery in New Canton. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Barry/Pike County Cancer Support Group or Donors Choice ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com