Maryann (Snow) Bates (1943 - 1995)

Born 23 Oct 1943 in Castine, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Died 7 Apr 1995 at age 51 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Descendant of Stephen Hopkins.

Descendant of Thomas Rogers.

Biography

MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT AND SCHOLAR Mary Ann was born in 1943. She was the daughter of Irl Franklin Snow and Virginia Lillian Babson. MaryAnn was born in Castine, Maine, Oct. 23, 1943, to Virginia and Frank Snow. She attended elementary and high school in Brooksville, until her junior year when she dropped out to raise a family. She became the mother of two children but continued to work on her high school curriculum and earned her GED. In 1968, she enrolled in the Continuing Education Department at UMaine, where she received her BS in Education, with a minor in Anthropology in 1973. After graduation, she taught in the Brooklin-Sedgwick and Brooksville Elementary schools, before choosing to continue her studies in Anthropology. She began her master’s degree in Anthropology and Sociology at Northeastern University, and received her diploma in 1984.

She then enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the UMass Amherst, where she was also a teacher’s assistant for other anthropology courses. She received her Ph.D. in Cultural and Medical Anthropology in 1988. She taught Cultural & Medical Anthropology at UNH, and then moved on to SUNY Binghamton’s school of Education and Human Development. She was diagnosed with lymphoma in the summer of 1994, and died in 1995. Even at the end of her life, in severe pain, she was able to finish her book which was published in 1996. From Linda B. Biemer, Dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of New York, “Bates was a faculty member who did everything 100 percent plus. She would work with her students on a Sunday afternoon. She always went the extra mile for her students. She dedicated her time to her students and people in need. She was a scholar and researcher who made significant contributions to her field. She will long be remembered as a dedicated teacher, an inspiring mentor to students and a beloved colleague.”

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch MaryAnn was born in Castine, Maine, Oct. 23, 1943, to Virginia and Frank Snow. She attended elementary and high school in Brooksville, until her junior year when she dropped out to raise a family. She became the mother of two children but continued to work on her high school curriculum and earned her GED. In 1968, she enrolled in the Continuing Education Department at UMaine, where she received her BS in Education, with a minor in Anthropology in 1973. After graduation, she taught in the Brooklin-Sedgwick and Brooksville Elementary schools, before choosing to continue her studies in Anthropology. She began her master’s degree in Anthropology and Sociology at Northeastern University, and received her diploma in 1984.

She then enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the UMass Amherst, where she was also a teacher’s assistant for other anthropology courses. She received her Ph.D. in Cultural and Medical Anthropology in 1988. She taught Cultural & Medical Anthropology at UNH, and then moved on to SUNY Binghamton’s school of Education and Human Development. She was diagnosed with lymphoma in the summer of 1994, and died in 1995. Even at the end of her life, in severe pain, she was able to finish her book which was published in 1996. From Linda B. Biemer, Dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of New York, “Bates was a faculty member who did everything 100 percent plus. She would work with her students on a Sunday afternoon. She always went the extra mile for her students. She dedicated her time to her students and people in need. She was a scholar and researcher who made significant contributions to her field. She will long be remembered as a dedicated teacher, an inspiring mentor to students and a beloved colleague.”

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Sources

• Marriage: "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
  citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
  FamilySearch Record: KCJK-FWD (accessed 4 June 2023)
  Mary A Snow marriage to Murray D Bates on 1 Jun 1960 in Maine, United States.

* Obituary: The Bangor Daily News Bangor, Maine · Monday, April 10, 1995 * Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #125352389 (accessed 4 June 2023)
Memorial page for Maryann S Bates (1943-1995), citing Edgewood Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Sally - Midcoast Maine (contributor 48138595).

• FamilySearch Person: L1G5-DP5