Robert Nelson Bates, age 84, of Wallingford, passed away in Meriden, CT on March 6, 2013. Born in New Canaan, CT on January 29, 1929, he was a son of the late Roswell J. & Mabel Mather Bates. A former resident of Branford and Spring Hill, FL, Robert is survived by his wife, Joan Daniels Bates; his daughters Lorraine Mayer of Johnsonville, SC & Rev. Lynda Bates-Stepe & her husband Atis Stepe of Commack, L.I. N.Y; his son James R. Bates of Branford; grandchildren, Heather Mayer, Jonathan Mayer,...
Robert Nelson Bates, age 84, of Wallingford, passed away in Meriden, CT on March 6, 2013. Born in New Canaan, CT on January 29, 1929, he was a son of the late Roswell J. & Mabel Mather Bates. A former resident of Branford and Spring Hill, FL, Robert is survived by his wife, Joan Daniels Bates; his daughters Lorraine Mayer of Johnsonville, SC & Rev. Lynda Bates-Stepe & her husband Atis Stepe of Commack, L.I. N.Y; his son James R. Bates of Branford; grandchildren, Heather Mayer, Jonathan Mayer,...