CLAIRE A. SCATES

JACKSON -- Claire A. Scates, 98, of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 2, 1995, at the Deal Nursing Home.

She was born Jan. 19, 1897, at Oak Ridge to John and Mary Ann Faust Kassel. She married Herbert Scates May 17, 1917. He died July 2, 1970.

She was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson and taught Sunday school for a number of years.

Survivors include two daughters, Jean Stewart of Columbia and Margaret McGrath of Jupiter, Fla.; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters and a daughter.

Visitation is today from 6 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday from noon to time of service at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home in Jackson. Services are Tuesday at the funeral home at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Burial will follow in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.