Joan Elizabeth Bates
Joan Elizabeth Bates, of Wichita, passed away on June 24, 2023, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, at 71.
She was born on May 23, 1952, in Damar, Kansas, to Fredrick Edward and Bertha Blanche (Meanard) Knipp. She grew up in Damar and graduated from Damar High School in 1970. On May 14, 1977, she married Linden Duwana Bates at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Damar.