Madeline Bates

Madeline Bates, 79, of Howardwick died on Friday, March 15, 2024.

Madeline was born November 18, 1944, in Slaton, Texas to Martin and Dolores Grabber Schuette. Growing up in Amarillo, Madeline had attended schools there and was a proud graduate of St. Mary’s Academy in 1962. She married Kenneth Bates on December 4, 1964, in Amarillo.

Prior to her retirement, Madeline had worked in Bushland as a bus driver, had a bookkeeping business, was the office manager of Crown Travel, as well as spending many years with Atmos as a call center quality control specialist. She loved to read and work crossword puzzles, enjoyed gardening and the outdoors. She and Ken moved from Amarillo in 2012 and she loved being at Greenbelt Lake. Madeline loved her dog, Roxie, however, her greatest joy of all were the friends she loved and her grandkids that she loved dearly. Madeline was a Catholic.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Martin and Dolores Schuette; and by a son, Jared Bates in December of 1988.

Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Bates of Howardwick; a son, Eric Bates of Lubbock; a daughter Melanie Hinson and husband Daniel of Groom; a brother Bill Schuette and his wife Carolyn of New Ulm, Texas; three grandchildren, Tucker, Nate, and Landree Hinson; and by her and Ken’s best friends, Dick Sims of Hereford and Don McAvoy of Howardwick.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Shriner Children’s Hospital or to the St. Mary’s Catholic Church Building Fund in Clarendon.