Curtis P.Gates Jr.;51;died at 3 a.m.Sunday;Sept.18;1966;at the home of his mother;Mrs.Hulda (Smock) Gates of 801 Rostraver St.;Monessen. He had been in ill health since April. Mr.Gates was employed at the open hearth lab of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a member of the Slovak Club;No.2 Fireman’s Club and Hungarian Club;all of Monessen. He was born in Monessen and attended Monessen schools. His father;Curtis Sr.;died in 1958. Surviving besides his mother are his widow;Elizabeth (Igoe) Gates;a son;Alvin R.of Monessen;six step-daughters;Mrs.Gloria Hoenberger and Mrs.Alice Eishman of Warren;Ohio;Mrs.Ruth Clark and Mrs.Emma Lou Bettinelli of Donora;Mrs.Elizabeth Lengel and Mary Jane Igoe of Monessen;two step-sons;David and Robert Igoe of Belle Vernon;two brothers;Earl and Roy of Belle Vernon. Friends will be received after 7 p.m. Sept 19 at the at the H.Denver Rhome Funeral Home;Monessen. Visiting hours will then be 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Service there Wednesday;Sept.21;at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.Joseph C.Rial;pastor of Monessen’s First Methodist Church;officiating. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. H.Denver Rhome;funeral director.