Lillian Marie Gates, 97, died July 5, 2012 at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood, Kansas. She was born August 18, 1914 at Bloomington, Indiana, the daughter of John and Laura (Baxter) Wampler. She married Walter Henry Gates May 26, 1938 at Kingman, Kansas. He died October 13, 1989. A Great Bend, Kansas, resident for seventy years coming from Pawnee Rock, Kansas, Mrs. Gates was food service manager at Barton County Community College until her retirement. Mrs. Gates was a member of First United Methodist Church, Great Bend, and the Audubon Society. Survivors include one son, Michael W. Gates, Houston, Texas; two daughters: Diana C. Frohardt and her husband Louis, Salina, Kansas; and Wendy C. Gates, Great Bend; one sister, Marian Jackson, Rialto, California; six grandchildren: Mark Gates and his wife Kim; Julie Gates; Doug Frohardt; Laura Ketterman and her husband Bobby; Aaron Gates; and Brooke Mingenback and her husband Matthew; and nine great-grandchildren: Alexandra Gates, John-Mark Gates, Sarah Gates, Alexis Frohardt, Cort Frohardt, Evan Frohardt, Kylie Ketterman, Tayler Ketterman, and Georgia Lily Mingenback. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Woodrow Wampler and Johnny Wampler; and two sisters, Viola King and Dorothy Unruh. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. The Reverend Lennie Maxwell will officiate. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, July 9, 2012 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to DAV, in care of the funeral home.