Maxine Louise Bates

Former Stockton resident Maxine Louise Bates of Council Bluffs, Iowa, passed away on November 17, 2023, at the Amelia Senior Living in Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 93.

She was born on August 3, 1930, to Oscar Van and Verda Edith (Nutt) Greene in Davis County, Iowa. She married Kenneth Lee Bates on September 5, 1948, in Fairfield, Iowa. 

A Celebration of Life service will be announced at a later date. Full obituary to follow in next week's edition.

Memorials are suggested to Stockton Church of Restoration Women and may be sent to Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 723 N. 1st, Stockton, KS 67669.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.plumeroverlease.com