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Show Services today at Sp. Fork for Ralph Bate Funeral services are being held today (Thursday) at 11 a.m., at the Walker Mortuary in Spanish Fork, for Ralph (Doc) Bate, 70, who died Monday, Mon-day, August 13, at his home, after a brief illness. He was born in Springville Dec 25, 1891, a son of Joseph Jo-seph and Clara Bate and received re-ceived his early education in schools in this city He married May Larsen, Jan. 25, 1917, in Spanish Fork and they moved to Arco, Ida., where he ' operated a cattle ranch for a number of years. He also worked there as a veterinarian. In 1937, they moved to Spanish Fork and he worked at Geneva, when the plant was being constructed. Surviving besides his wife, are a daughter, Vera Bate, Spanish Fork; a brother, Leslie Les-lie Bate, Springville and a sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Cora Pyper, Salt Lake City. |