Oct. 5, 1936 – Sept. 20, 2005
Shirley B. (Keyser) Cates died Sept. 20.
She was born Oct. 5, 1936 in Watertown, S.D., to Emmett and Eldora Keyser.
She married Elmer M. “Al” Cates on June 27, 1953, in Clear Lake, S.D.
She graduated with honors from Southwest Oregon College in 1977 with a degree in nursing. She served as a registered nurse at Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay and retired from nursing at…