Obituaries

• Publication year: 2012
• Pages: 16
• Citation: Vol. 81 No. 5 Pg. 16

Obituaries No. 81 J. Kan. Bar Assn 5, 16 (2012) Kansas Bar Journal May, 2012

Jennifer Arnett

Jennifer Arnett, 31, of Kansas City, died January 30. She was born May 24, 1980, to Karen Anselmi and Ray Raley in Harrison, Ark., and grew up in North Kansas City, where she graduated from NKC High School in 1998. Arnett attended William Jewell College and the University of Kansas School of Law.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Wayne and Dotty Walton. She is survived by her father, Ray Raley, of O'Fallen, Mo.; mother, Karen Anselmi, of Merriam; brother, John Russell Gore; sisters; Mindy Ellington and Keri Ann Johnson; grandparents, Wallace and Mary Lou Raley; and special aunt, Sheila Krueger.

Robert C. Bates

Robert C. Bates, 89, of North Kansas City, Mo., died January 6 in Cameron, Mo. He was born May 1, 1922, in Excelsior Springs, Mo., to Leslie and Bessie Cauthorn Bates. He moved to North Kansas City in 1933, where he lived most of his life. He was a 1940 graduate of North Kansas City High School, attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, and was a 1950 graduate of the Kansas City School of Law. Bates served in the Air Force with Patton's army during World War II from 1942-47 and the Korean Conflict from 1950-52.

Bates began his professional career in 1952 with Kansas City Title Insurance and retired in 1982 as executive vice president and general counsel for Chicago Title and Trust Co. He served as president of the North Kansas City School Board from 1956-64 and was a founding member of the Old Pike Country Club. Bates served on the original board of General Hospital, which became Truman Medical Center. In Chicago, he served as chairman of Hull House and following his retirement, he served as chairman of the International Visitors Council of Kansas City from 1983-90.

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