JEANETTE Y. PATES

Dec. 10, 1971 - Dec. 16, 2012
SOUTH BEND - Jeanette Yvonne Pates, 41, who resided on West Jefferson Blvd., affectionately known as "Peaches" by all who knew and loved her, went home to be with the Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ, on Sunday, December 16, 2012. Jeanette was born to Wilbert Pates and Janice Bond on December 10, 1971, in South Bend, her lifelong home.

She graduated from Clay High School in 1988 and attended Indiana University, South Bend, and Bloomington, IN. Her employment record includes The Signature Group, At&T and Alford's Mortuary. She also was a member of Pentecostal Cathedral for the past 20 years. She loved to sing and was a member of the Voices of Pentecostal. In addition, she loved hearing and telling jokes, board games and cooking. Jeanette was especially talented at creating holiday foods.

Those who preceded Jeanette in death were her father, Wilbert Pates; maternal grandmother, Bessie Bond; paternal grandmother, Ophelia Pates; maternal grandfather, Robert Bond Jr.; paternal grandfather, Robert Pates Sr.; uncle, Robert Pates Jr.; paternal aunt, Yvonne Pates; and stepdad, Melvin Smith Sr.

"Peaches" is survived by her mother, Janice Bond; her stepfather, Lonnie King Jr.; brothers, Lonnie King III, Melvin (Terrica) Smith, David (Shyla) Smith, Tyson, Travis, Brandon and Marvin King; sisters, Wendy, Patricia and Jasimen Pates, Jessette Ross, Kela & Ramie Smith, and Sonya Agnew; aunts, Diane and Mae Bond, Valerie (Billie) Malone, Viola and Annie Pates, Ophelia (Yuselle) Casstel, Patricia (Louis) Leonard and Linda (Rev. Kenny) Cutler; uncles, William, Larry, Bobby (Yolanda), John (Lynn) and Timothy (Michelle) Bond, all of South Bend, Charles (Phyllis) and Johnella Pates; a special friend, Stephanie Bradsky of Porter, IN; along with a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Jeanette Pates will be held at 12 noon on Friday, December 21, 2012, at Pentecostal Cathedral COGIC. Friends may call one hour prior to the services at the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to Alford's Mortuary where messages of condolence may be e-mailed to alfordsmortuary@att.net, c/o the Pates family.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Dec. 20, 2012.

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