Wallace Walter Bates

Wally graduated from Park City High School where he played on the football team. For many years, he held the school’s record for the highest number of touchdowns scored in a single game. Following high school graduation, Wally joined the U.S. Navy where he was a signalman and served for four years during World War II.
Following an honorable discharge from the Navy, Wally worked for several years as a hard rock miner in the mines of Park City. Wally and Elda relocated from their home in Heber City to Salt Lake City where Wally worked for many years as a water pump mechanic and consultant for Nickerson Pump & Machinery Co. He retired in 1984.
Wally and Elda were active for many years in the Sons of the Utah Pioneers organization during which time he served as the organization’s national president for seven years.
Wally and Elda served for many years together as ordinance workers in the Salt Lake Temple where they made many friends. One special friend couple was Bob and Janice O’Driscoll. Following Elda’s death in 2004 and Bob’s death in 2001, Wally and Jan became sweethearts and enjoyed a companionship relationship together for nearly ten years prior to Jan’s passing in 2020.
Prior to Elda’s passing in 2004, Wally and Elda served a mission together in the family-to-family Book of Mormon program. Wally was also preceded in death by a son, Gary Wallace Bates. Survived by daughters Connie LaVon (Alan) Homer and Pamela Mae (James) Langlois, 11 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Saturday, June 26, at Memorial Mountain View Mortuary & Cemetery; viewing at 1:00p.m. followed by the funeral at 2:00p.m. Interment will be in the Mountain View Cemetery, 3115 E. 7800 So., Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121.
The family is especially grateful for the compassionate and tender care provided by CAN’s Aimee, Rylie and other members of the staff of Covington Senior Living.
 
To join the family in honoring Wally’s life please follow the instructions below to live stream the service:
 
1. Joining by computer
a. Go to zoom.us in any internet browser
b. Click “join meeting”
c. Enter the meeting id – 8019430831
d. A box will open saying “https://zoom.us wants to open this application”. Click “open zoom”
e. Click “Join with Computer Audio”
f. Click “Mute” in the bottom left hand corner so that your audio does not interrupt the funeral services
2. Joining by phone or iPad
a. Download the Zoom app
b. Open the app and select “join a meeting”
c. Enter the meeting id – 8019430831
d. Select “join without video”
e. Select “Call using internet audio”
f. Select “mute” in the bottom left hand corner so that your audio does not interrupt the funeral services.
Service Information
Viewing June 26, 2021 at 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Memorial Mountain View Mortuary





Funeral Service
June 26, 2021 at 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Memorial Mountain View Mortuary