DIANE SUSAN GATES – Obituary

Diane Susan Gates (Cole) on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.  Age 70.  Loving wife of the late James Gates for 52 years.  Loving Mother of Velvet Gates (Fred), Corrina Levering (Michelle), Tammy Gates (Rick), Jean (John) DeGrosa and Tina (Darren) McCafferty.  Loving Grandmother of Amanda (Paul) Dzindzio, Kate (Nick) Hofbauer, James (Ashley) Schemeley, Cody Watson, Jarred McCafferty and Jacob McCafferty.  Loving Great-Grandmother (GiGi) of Orion Schemeley, Novalee Schemeley, Benjamin Dzindzio & Nathan Dzindzio.  Loving Sister of Bill (Penny) Cole.  Loving Aunt to Martha (Eddy) Begley and Mackenzie Cole. Loving Great Aunt to Karly Begley, Cole Begley, and Landon.  Daughter of the late Jean Cole and late William Cole, Jr.  Aunt Diane to many nieces and nephews.

Born in Salem and raised in Quinton, Diane was a resident of Clayton for 9 years and most recently of Pittsgrove for 29 years.  She was a loving and caring homemaker, wife and mother her whole life.  Diane loved spending time with her family; they were her most prized possessions.  She was a best friend to many and a mentor to everyone she met. Diane was a beautiful person who also had an equally beautiful soul.  Everyone who met her loved her.  She will be greatly missed by her family as well as everyone who knew her.  God has gained a very special angel.

Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing on Saturday, March 30, 2019, from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the BARCLAY FUNERAL HOME, 208 Maple Street, Clayton, NJ 08312.  Interment Overlook Cemetery, Bridgeton.  Sign the guestbook and send condolences at BarclayFuneralHome.net.