Born to the late Myron and Emily (Osmond) Gates on March 1, 1946, in Liverpool NY, Jim was pre-deceased by sisters Judith (Clarence) Massie of Springfield OH, and Martha (Walt) Nels of Liverpool NY. Survived by his beloved partner of 30 and wife of 15 years, Karen Jo Flood Gates,...
He was a member of the US Coast Guard auxiliary, a volunteer fireman, a volunteer ski patroller and was a certified firefighting academy trainer in Topsfield, Massachusetts. John was an avid outdoorsman and was an expert marksman, hunter, fisherman. He played football and ran track in high sch...
Born in 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts, she was the only child of Karl and Kate Vogeler Drexl, both born in Germany. She graduated from Classical High School in Springfield in 1949 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Connecticut College in 1953, and then spent a year at the University of...