Eileen Jeanette (Young) Scates
Eileen Scates Obituary
Eileen J. Scates, age 95, passed away Friday, November 8th, 2019 at Atrium Post Acute Care in Chetek. She was born December 26th, 1923 to William & Bessie (Kiser) Young of Dallas. She attended school & spent her childhood & young adult years in the Dallas/Prairie Farm area with her parents & 9 siblings. In the 1940’s, Eileen & a few of her sisters moved to Kansas & found employment with the Coca-Cola bottling company in Wichita. It was there she met her future husband, Robert Scates. Robert enlisted in the Navy & left for Treasure Island, CA in 1943. Eileen & her sisters moved to Kennewick, WA & found work in a military mess hall at the time of the Manhattan Project. In 1944, Eileen returned to Kansas. She married Robert on October 16th, 1944 in Wellington. Robert deployed with the Navy & Eileen returned to Wisconsin for a time until she was able to join Robert in Miami, FL. WWII had ended & in January of 1946, Robert was honorably discharged & the couple returned to Kansas. In 1947, Eileen “took Robert by the ear & dragged him off to Wisconsin”. Robert found employment with Wallace Jerome as a Dispatcher. He then formed Bob Scates Construction & began to remodel homes & build new barns on the turkey farms. Eventually Robert & Eileen moved to & operated Fairview Turkey Farm near Prairie Farm. They later created Shar-leen Trailer Sales & Service in Rice Lake, a mobile home repair business & manufacturer of fiberglass pick-up covers. In 1963, they bought Eileen’s home place near Prairie Farm from her parents & created another business, Prairie King Sales & Service, manufacturers of custom pick-up toppers & campers. They remained there until retirement in 1998. Eileen was a loving wife, mother & grandma. Eileen & Robert were a very loving & gracious couple who enjoyed being there for those in need. They were loving foster parents of many children throughout their years in Prairie Farm & in 1975, adopted their daughter Sandra, whom they had cared for since infancy. Following retirement, the couple moved to Barron for a short time. When Robert’s health began to fail, they moved to Fall Creek to be with their daughter & family. Robert passed away on October 2nd, 2012 & in 2016, Eileen’s health declined quickly with Rapid Onset Dementia. It became necessary for her to enter a nursing facility. In 2017, she moved to Atrium Post Acute Care in Chetek where she passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side. Eileen was a sweet & caring soul who loved & cared for everyone. She loved children & wanted nothing more in life than to be a loving wife & mother. She will be dearly missed.
In addition to her husband, Eileen was preceded in death by her parents, brothers: Orville (Alma), Delbert (Violet) & Foster (Geneva) Young & sisters: Velma (Ben) Hudson, Dorothy (Harry) Mapes, Julia (Everett) Hansen, Charlotte (Paul) Tiegs, Lucille (John) Brendel & Fern (Mervyn) Humphrey. She is survived by her daughter: Sandra (Anthony) Peterson of Fall Creek, granddaughter: Alicia Peterson of Fall Creek, as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives & friends.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 16th at the Prairie Farm Community Center with interment following at the Glenwood Cemetery in the Town of Dallas. Visitation will be held for the hour prior to services at the community center. Arrangements are with Rausch-Lundeen Funeral Homes, Dallas & Cameron.
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