Rosalie M. Gates

Rosalie M. Gates, 99, of Rushville, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Woodland Terrace in New Palestine.

She was born May 6, 1926, in Bermuda, the daughter of Joseph DeCosta Silva and Adelaide Maple Cervallo. In December of 2016, she married Lester “Dale” Durbin, and he survives.

In addition to Dale, Rosalie is survived by her children, Suzette Abbott and husband, Rick, of Indianapolis, Cynthia Stafford and husband, Gary, of Rushville, and Steven Gates and wife, Diane, of Stilesville; grandchildren, Jennifer, Cameron, Lauren, Jacob, Austin and Wesley; great-grandchildren, Hallie and Lincoln; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Rosalie was preceded in death by her parents; and ten siblings.

She was a secretary at Lowell Elementary in Indianapolis, for 25 years.

Services have been entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 124 E. North St. in Morristown.

Online condolences may be shared with Rosalie’s family at www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.