Gail & Fred Gates

Hello, I am a long-time friend of Gail & Fred Gates parents of Samatha Gates. I have known them for 25 years or so. The sudden death of their daughter "Sam" is devastating in many ways. The heavy emotional burden is just one of the heavy burdens of such a tragedy. As you can imagine the sadness is followed by the financial stresses of just trying to get through this and carry on. I wish I could write more about their beautiful daughter but I know them and had known Sam from afar besides the few times I had met her at their house. It's not to say I didn't know her because from what was said at the service I had heard about her whole life as it was happening. She will be missed by many as was apparent from the attendance at the service.