Lalie Bates

Lalie Marie Bates, age 80, passed away October 10, 2016 at Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Kansas. Lalie was born October 13, 1935 in McFall, Missouri to Alexander Jackson Hinote and Lalie Lavada Swope Hinote. As a youth, she moved around the country with her family and settled in Sonoma County, California where she met William Bates. They were married in Reno, Nevada in 1955. In 1989, they moved to Kansas. Lalie enjoyed playing the organ, darts, crocheting, sewing, cooking, and spending time with family. She enjoyed working in her yard and had a green thumb. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She is survived by her son Kenneth Bates, Jr.; daughters Karin Leeann Craig, Karol Telegin, and Leah Marie Sweetwater Bond; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren; brothers Alexander Hinote, George McCorkell, David Hinote and Gary Hinote. To share a memory of Lalie or leave a special condolence message for her family, please click the Share Memories tab. Our funeral director Chad Wilson chose a memorial card with a hummingbird feeding on a bearded iris, a flower my mother Marie Lalie Bates loved. Chad didn't know about the hummingbird story. When I was a child of 5 or 6, my mother Marie was standing at her bedroom window looking out at something that held her attention. My twin sister and I were always glued to her side. This day she told us after saying "Oh, God, help me. You two stay right here." She went outside. What she came back with was wondrous. She carried in the cup of her hands a tiny colorful hummingbird with a broken leg. She sent us to find a bird cage in the shed and told us to wash it out and dry it. She put a heating pad inside and some small hand towels. She picked small grass twigs and placed the bird on her pillow, put a wash cloth on it's body and had me gently, oh so gently place my fingers on the wash cloth while she tied the grass twigs to the bird's broken leg and made a splint. She fed the bird sugar water with an eye dropper many times a day and during the nights. Finally after what seemed like months to this small child, mom said, "I think our little friend is ready." She removed the splint and the little bird could land on the stick we had put in the cage. Its leg had healed. Three days later mom took us outside. She told us that the Lord had helped to heal the bird and the Lord wanted it back and so she set it free. We never had to send our animals to the vet except for vaccinations. Mom always knew what to do. Magic hands, graceful heart. As I look back it seems she floated above the ground as she danced, played and sang to us all our lives. "The Rose That Grows Beyond the Wall" by A. L. Frink Near a shady wall a rose once grew, Budded and blossomed in God's free light, Watered and fed by the morning dew, Shedding it's sweetness day and night. As it grew and blossomed fair and tall, Slowly rising to loftier height, It came to a crevice in the wall Through which there shone a beam of light. Onward it crept with added strength With never a thought of fear or pride, It followed the light through the crevice's length And unfolded itself on the other side. The light, the dew, the broadening view Were found the same as they were before, And it lost itself in beauties new, Breathing it's fragrance more and more. Shall claim of death cause us to grieve And make our courage faint and fall? Nay! Let us faith and hope receive-- The rose still grows beyond the wall, Scattering fragrance far and wide Just as it did in days of yore, Just as it did on the other side, Just as it will forever-more. Paola Cemetery, Paola, Kansas Service: Friday, October 14, 2016 at 2:00pm Visitation: No Visitation