Beloved mother of Michael (Dora) Kates, Donna (William) Gover, Gerald (Gail) Kates and Kimberly (Kenneth) Price; stepmother of Myrtle, Toby and Sherry;  loving sister of Lena Nance and Charlotte Meadows; grandmother of D'Andrea Kates Smith, Desiree Kates, Alyssa Price, Warren Gover and great grandmother of Jazmin Kates, step-grandmother ofSheila, Susan and Timothy; devoted sister-in-law of Milton Kate aunt to Boyd Nance, Kanette Nance Jackson, David Nance, Tara Nance Jones, Shirille (Michael) Meadows Jackson, Robin (Thomas) Meadows Jones, Anissa Meadows, Roderick Hairston, Delano Hairston, Robin Hairston Porter, Dale Kates and Carolyn Kates Williams and a host of other relatives and friends too numerous to mention. VIEWING MONDAY, Jan. 7 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. WAKE and SERVICE TUESDAY at Celebration United Methodist church, 771 E. 260th Street in Euclid, OH 44132.