Submitted by: Wanda Purcell |
Geneva Mitchell Cates, wife of Eugene Cates died on Sunday, May 12, 2002
In New Haven, Connecticut.
She was born in Fort Worth, Texas on September
28, 1915 to Myrtle Ring Mitchell and William Alexander Mitchell.
She
graduated from Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma and
obtained a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma.
She was a
teacher in Leedey, Hollis, Moore and Norman schools before becoming a principal at
the end of her career.
With her husband Eugene, she was a member in the
First Baptist Church in Norman.
After her retirement, she was active in
Firendship International, where she taught English to women from other
countries whose families had come to Norman.
She also was a member of the
Old Regime Book Club.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Kovel; her
two grandchildren Dara and David Kovel; and her sister Grace Hunter.
Her
funeral will take place in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, May 18, 2002 at
10:00 a.m. at Havenbrook Funeral Home with burial in the IOOF Cemetery in Norman.
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