Donald Laddie Gates Jr. was the oldest child of Donald and Mabel Gates. He was born July 1, 1940 in Rochester, Minnesota.

He graduated from Kenyon High school in 1958.

On October 13. 1959, he married Janice Hoidahl at Biloxi, Mississippi. They had four children. He served almost five years with the US Air Force between 1962 and 1967, serving in Vietnam. They lived in Madison, Wisconsin, New York, Montgomery, Alabama, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and finally Kenyon, Minnesota.

Following his military service he joined IBM as a systems engineer for 24 years, then started Gates and Associates.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with family and friends.    - Faribault Daily News (MN) - Saturday, June 3, 2006

 Donald died on May 30, 2006, a few months before his mother died. Janice died July 21, 2017 at the age of 76.

Donald Gates Jr. - obituary

Faribault Daily News (MN) - Saturday, June 3, 2006 1940-2006

KENYON -- Donald Gates Jr., 65, of Kenyon, died Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.

Memorial services will be Friday, June 9, at 2 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenyon, with the Rev. Luther Mathsen officiating. Friends may call Thursday, June 8, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Hanson Funeral Home and Friday one hour before services at the church.

Donald Laddie Gates Jr. was born July 1, 1940, in Rochester to Donald and Mabel (Mork) Gates Sr. He was baptized at Gol Lutheran Church and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Kenyon. He graduated from Kenyon High School in 1958 and attended one year of college at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. On Oct. 13, 1959, he married Janice Hoidahl at Biloxi, Miss. He served with the U.S. Air Force from April 20, 1962, until his discharge on March 17, 1967. He worked as a systems engineer at IBM from 1968 until retiring in 1992. He then started his own business, Gates & Associates, which he ran until his death. Don was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kenyon Sportsman's Club, NRA, and past school board member and Scoutmaster. He was a Vietnam veteran, member of Kenyon Color Guard, Conrad Osthum VFW Post #141, Masonic Lodge and Shrine, past Legion commander and past Minnesota State VFW commander. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with family and friends.

Survivors include his wife, Janice, two daughters, Debbie (Randy) Eggert and Laurie (Sterling) Sibley, two sons, Donny (Angie) and John (Lori), all of Kenyon; 10 grandchildren, Jeremy, Ethan, Rachel and Tyler Eggert, Shauna Sibley, Brad, Andy, Anna, Shelby and Tanner Gates, two great-grandchildren, Logan and Cooper Sibley, his mother, Mabel Gates, one sister, Mary Danielson-Gates, one brother, Rick, all of Kenyon; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

His father and granddaughter, Christy Lynn Sibley, preceded him in death.

Hanson Funeral Home, Kenyon, is handling the arrangements.

Faribault Daily News (MN) - Saturday, June 3, 2006