Frances Coates;73;of Fayette City R.D.1;died Saturday;Aug.16;1997;in the emergency room of Clarion Hospital. She was born Jan.15;1924;in Grindstone;a daughter of the late Jacob and Helen Jobes Rambaugh. She was Protestant by faith. Survivors include her husband;Thomas Coates;one daughter;Sandra Monack of Imperial;one son;Charles T.Coates of Monessen;one sister;Mrs.Mike (Betty) Planey of Fayette City R.D.;one grandson and four granddaughters;one great-granddaughter;and one brother;Benjamin Rambaugh of Ohio. Friends will be received in the Eley/McCrory Funeral Home Inc.;Fayette City;on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.and Tuesday until 11 a.m.;when funeral services will be held with the Rev.James Moffitt of Fayette City officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Eley/McCrory Funeral Home Inc.is in charge of the arrangements.