Annalee Cates, daughter of the late Ross Croy and Allie McKinney Croy, was born on August 3, 1935 in Advance, Missouri and departed this life on December 19, 2015 at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 80.

Mrs. Cates was self-employed as a house cleaner and was a resident of Dexter.

She is survived by two daughters, Vickie Schrader and her husband Mike of Zalma, Missouri and Misty Mabuce and her husband Kyle of Jackson, Missouri; by one brother, Bertis Croy of St. Charles, Missouri; by three sisters, Emma Cook of Fairview Heights, Illinois, Shelby Matthews of St. Louis, Missouri and Bonnie Johns of Advance, Missouri; and by five grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one great-grandson, Austin Engram; by four brothers, Arvil Croy, Lester Croy, Gary Croy and Ross Croy; and by one sister, Helen Rainey.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. 

Graveside services will be conducted at Dexter Cemetery on December 22, 2015 at 12:00 Noon with Daniel Schrader officiating.