Christine Marie Bates passed unexpectedly from this life on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at the age of 60 years.

Christine was born on May 11, 1964 in Troy, NY to parents Gary Lee and Jean Marie (Chagnon) Bates. She was raised in Green Island where she attended the former St. Joseph’s School and later moved with her family to Cambridge, NY. Christine was a graduate of Cambridge Central High School and furthered her education at Adirondack Community College. Christine devoted a lifetime to the insurance industry and was employed by several companies which included Travelers and Kemper. She most recently was employed by Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in Latham, which assumed Cool Insuring Agency of Latham where Christine had worked previously.

Christine was a talented artist and enjoyed writing. She was deeply devoted to her family and loved to support her nieces and nephews in all of their activities, involvements and sporting events. The holidays, birthdays and other special occasions provided Christine with the opportunity to shop for the perfect gift for family members and friends which she presented in an always elegantly and beautifully wrapped package. She continued the thoughtful art of sending “Hallmark” greeting cards, which, in addition to the pre-printed sentiment, always contained a special penned note to those she loved. Christine will be remembered for her kindness and generosity to others which was demonstrated even following her death with her gift of life to others via organ and tissue donation.

Christine loved her pets and was especially fond of her dogs Zach and Molly.

Christine was the devoted step-daughter of Martha Woodworth Bates; loving sister of Michael (Babes) Bates, Marcie Bates, Jeffrey (Becky) Bates, Julianne (Brian) Schweigardt, Scott (Aimee) Skiff and the late Janet Marie Bates; cherished aunt of Kimberly, Kenneth, Alijah, Ryan and Abby Bates; proud great-aunt of Aayden Bates. She is also survived by several aunts, uncles, cousins, dear friends and co-workers.

Friends are invited to a memorial visitation on Friday, March 14, 2025 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Bowen & Parker Bros. Funeral Home, 97 Old Loudon Road, Latham, NY.

A private interment will be held in St. Agnes Cemetery, Cohoes, NY where Christine will be interred next to her mother Jean.

In lieu of customary remembrances, Christine’s family suggest donations, in her memory, be made to Albany Medical Health System's Pediatric Pulmonary and Cystic Fibrosis Center to assist those with Asthma and other childhood respiratory and lung disorders in care of Albany Medical Center Foundation, 43 New Scotland Avenue – MC119, Albany, NY 12208 or on line at https://www.albanymed.org/make-a-gift/