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Jean E. Gates
November 6, 1930 — October 13, 2016
CONCORD, NH - Jean E. Gates, formerly of Lancaster, New Hampshire, died October 13th, 2016 in Concord, New Hampshire at the age of 85.
Born in 1930 in Roslindale, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Chester and Lois Wheaton.
Jean is survived by her husband of 59 years, Laurence; four children: sons Dan Gates of Jefferson, NH; Randall Gates and his wife Lou McLaren of North Ferrisburgh, Vermont; William Gates and his wife Carla of Amherst, New Hampshire and daughter Reana Nice and her late husband, Brad, of Telford, Pennsylvania. She leaves four grandchildren, Stephen Gates of Nelson, New Zealand, Amanda Tierney of Manchester, NH, and Munro and Shea McLaren of North Ferrisburgh, Vermont. She had one great granddaughter, Isabella Gates. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Wheaton, 73, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Jean maintained a career in personal banking in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire with a 15-year hiatus to raise her family. She started at the 10 School Street Boston main branch of the former Boston Five Cents Savings Bank where she was the first female teller ever hired. Before her retirement she was a long time employee of the Bank of New Hampshire.
Jean was a lifelong Red Sox fan and was incredibly happy to finally see them win a World Series championship in 2004 followed by subsequent wins in 2007 and 2013. She was an avid cribbage player and enjoyed travelling to regional tournaments throughout New England with Larry.
No memorial service is scheduled and the family appreciates any memorial gifts be given to the North Star Lodge #8 of Lancaster, New Hampshire (25 Main Street, Lancaster, NH 03584). Jean's ashes will be interred in the Gates Family plot in Harvard, Massachusetts.
Born in 1930 in Roslindale, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Chester and Lois Wheaton.
Jean is survived by her husband of 59 years, Laurence; four children: sons Dan Gates of Jefferson, NH; Randall Gates and his wife Lou McLaren of North Ferrisburgh, Vermont; William Gates and his wife Carla of Amherst, New Hampshire and daughter Reana Nice and her late husband, Brad, of Telford, Pennsylvania. She leaves four grandchildren, Stephen Gates of Nelson, New Zealand, Amanda Tierney of Manchester, NH, and Munro and Shea McLaren of North Ferrisburgh, Vermont. She had one great granddaughter, Isabella Gates. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Wheaton, 73, of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Jean maintained a career in personal banking in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire with a 15-year hiatus to raise her family. She started at the 10 School Street Boston main branch of the former Boston Five Cents Savings Bank where she was the first female teller ever hired. Before her retirement she was a long time employee of the Bank of New Hampshire.
Jean was a lifelong Red Sox fan and was incredibly happy to finally see them win a World Series championship in 2004 followed by subsequent wins in 2007 and 2013. She was an avid cribbage player and enjoyed travelling to regional tournaments throughout New England with Larry.
No memorial service is scheduled and the family appreciates any memorial gifts be given to the North Star Lodge #8 of Lancaster, New Hampshire (25 Main Street, Lancaster, NH 03584). Jean's ashes will be interred in the Gates Family plot in Harvard, Massachusetts.
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