In Memory

Gretchen Shaw (Gates) - Class Of 1941

Gretchen Shaw (Gates)

Gretchen Shaw Gates

July 19, 1922 - June 22, 1946

Mrs Gretchen Ann Gates, formerly of South Pasadena, wife of William T Gates, World War II veteran, died in Maryland yesterday after a short illness, according to word received today by her grandmother, Mrs Lida Shaw, South Pasadena. Mrs Gates' parents and sister, Mr and Mrs John Bliss Shaw and Miss Marilyn Shaw (SPHS '43), 1723 Camden Avenue, South Pasadena, were recently called East by the seriousness of Mrs Gates' condition. Besides her husband, she leaves a year-old daughter. The Gates family moved to Maryland, the husband's home state, two months ago.

Pasadena Star-News, June 23, 1946