- Date Of Birth: January 10, 1949
- Date Of Death: June 3, 2018
- State: Idaho
Helen Marie Bankhead Bates, 69, of Ammon, passed away June 3, 2018, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of natural causes.
Marie was born January 10, 1949, in Tooele, Utah, to Harlan V. Bankhead and Opal Darlene Franklin Bankhead. She grew up and attended schools in Tooele, Utah, graduating from Tooele High School in 1967. She then attended Utah State University in Logan, Utah, where she met Larry Ray Bates. They were married in the Logan Utah LDS Temple on March 18, 1971. Marie and Larry were blessed with four children, Joseph, Anne, Jeffrey, and Jonathan. They made their home in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where Marie worked as an office manager for their family businesses. Following Larry’s passing in November 2002, Marie returned to college and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology from Idaho State University in 2003. She then pursued a new career through the BEA until her death.
