Fairfax City Cemetery

Fairfax, Osage County, Oklahoma

Liana Bates

© Trout Funeral Home & Cemetory Ponca City, OK Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Liana Bates, resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, November 4, 2013, at Via Christi Village. She was 59 years of age. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, November 8, 2013 at the Grayhorse Village Chapel with the Reverend Dee Wellington Bright, Sr. of Grace Episcopal Church officiating. Burial will then follow at the Fairfax Cemetery in Fairfax, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home & Crematory. Liana was born on October 9, 1954 to Joseph… D. Bates and the late Phyllis Mauree (Pickett) in Ponca City, OK. She was raised in Ponca City, OK. She graduated from Dickinson High School in Dickinson Texas in 1972. In May of 1981 she graduated with her Associates degree from Northern Oklahoma College. After graduation she attended Central State University in Edmond and graduated with her Bachelors in Business Human Resources in May of 1983. She married Mark R. Rodgers in Gainsville, Texas. Later they moved to Houma, Louisiana where they raised their two daughters. In 2003, she returned to Ponca City and continued to live here until her illness required her to receive full time care. She is survived by her two daughters; Tiana Rodgers Aucoin and husband Kervin of Cameron, North Carolina and Jessica Rodgers of Columbus, Ohio. Her granddaughters also of Cameron; Madeline Rodgers-Godsey, Natalie Aucoin and Charlotte Aucoin. She is also survived by her father and sisters; Teresa Bates Rutherford and husband Richard of Ponca City, Stacy Bates Laskey and husband Steve of Tulsa, Paige Fronkier Guidry and husband James of Houston, TX and Michele Fronkier along with many nieces and grand-nieces. Preceded in death by her mother, Phyllis Fronkier. Maternal grandparents Lorene (Gideon)and Floyd Pickett and paternal grandparents Mae (Hinkle) and Joseph Bates an original allottee of the Osage Nation. Liana was a proud of her Osage heritage and always enjoyed participating in tribal functions with her family. She was also an avid Harley-Davidson enthusiast and loved to ride her Sportster in the countryside.

Memorial contributions can be made to The Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration (290 King of Prussia Road, Randor, PA, 19087).

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