- Date Of Birth: November 11, 1929
- Date Of Death: August 26, 2020
- State: Maryland
Arthur Stanley Gates (Art), 90, of Millersville, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. Art was born on November 11, 1929, to the late Edwin A. and Marjorie M. Gates. Art grew up in Hollidaysburg, PA, where he graduated from high school. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1951, and received training as a Russian Linguist. He moved to Maryland in 1958, and soon after, began his career at the National Security Agency. His distinguished career as a Russian Linguist included travel assignments to New Mexico, New York, Germany, and ultimately to Maryland. Many details of his work remain classified. Art retired in 1984, at the age of 55, and began to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
Art is survived by his wife of 66 years, Josephine Mary Gates; children, Amy Seipp and husband, Tim of Pasadena, MD, Leslie Barrett of Ocean City, MD, Jeffrey Gates and wife, Bev of The Villages, FL, and Steven Gates and wife, Yen of Summerfield, NC; grandchildren, Christina Gates-Idem, Kelly Fanning, Michael Gates, Kerri Gates, Steven Gates, and Brian Seipp; one great-grandchild, Ruby Gates; and brother, Edwin Gates and wife, Marlene of Kilmarnock, VA.
