Maxine D. Bates, 84, of Cadiz, passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at the Meadows of Cadiz after a long illness. She was born November 10, 1938 in Unionvale, Ohio a daughter of the late John and Retha Mae Moore Dewalt.

Maxine was a homemaker and a member of the Colliers Nazarene Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Milton C. “Skeeter” “Popeye” Bates; a son, Mark Bates; 4 sisters: Geneva Hooker, Doris Durbin, Betty Sanders and Bernice Sedgmer.

Surviving are 2 sons: John (Toni) Bates of Freeport and Matthew (Stacie) Bates of Hopedale; 5 grandchildren: Damian Bates, Heidi Davis, Luke Bates, Dustin Bates and Nicole Blanton; 6 great grandchildren; a brother, Anthony Lewis (Gail) DeWalt of Cadiz and a sister, Lila Bates of Moorefield, Ohio.

Calling hours will be held on Monday, September 25, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at 12:00 p.m. at Clark-Kirkland-Barr Funeral Home, Cadiz with Rev. Russ Buchanan officiating. Burial will follow at Holly Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove, Ohio.

The memorial guestbook may be signed at www.clark-kirkland-barr.com.