Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Hubert O. Cates

Nov. 30, 1916 - May 18, 1997

 

South Bend Tribune 5/28/1997

Hubert O. Cates, formerly of South Bend and Mishawaka, died May 18, after a lengthy illness in Whispering Pines Nursing Center, New Port Richey, Fla. Mr. Cates was born Nov. 30, 1916, in Mississippi to John & Ethel Cates.

 

On July 22, 1939, in Boulivar County, Miss., he married Minnie (Jackie) Petrie. They moved to South Bend in 1939 and Hubert worked first as a cook in his brother-in-law's restaurant and later at Ball Band, which became Uniroyal, where he worked in Plant Protection until his retirement in 1976.

 

Minnie preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 1979, and he was also preceded in death by his brother, LeRoy Cates, and sister, Gladys Besheres. On April 29, 1980 in South Bend, he married Eunice Barnard. She survives at their home in New Port Richey. He is also survived by his daughter, Sandra Schiele of Niles, Mich.; grandson Roger Schiele, Jr. of San Leandro, Calif.; two brothers, L.B. Cates and Alton Cates, both of Cleveland, Miss.; and two sisters, Cleo Russell of Dyersburg, Tenn., and Lena Thomas Jones of Carrollton, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. Hubert was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Scottish Rite. He also enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting, dancing, playing cards and was an avid golfer.

 

There will be no visitation or funeral service. There will be a private burial service with only family in Chapel Hills Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Ind. Arrangements are being handled by Chapel Hills Funeral Home. The family requests that memorial gifts be made to Hospice or the charity of your choice.