Jeffrey Scott Bate was born Sept. 18, 1961 in Denver Colorado, the second oldest of four children to Chet Bate and Lee (Bate) Fellows. He served in the military and received an honorable discharge. And for the remainder of his life, you’d most likely see him around horses.
He loved riding the open range, occasionally participating in rodeos, as well as hunting and fishing. Most of his days were spent working on ranches — calving, breaking, training and shoeing horses, and guiding pack trips. He was a good fire pit cook, and he had a quick wit and sense of humor. He loved being a helping hand, until cancer got the best of him in his last couple years.
Jeffrey was preceded in death by his grandparents Ralph and Helen Bate and Delbert and Dorothy Hunt, step grandparents Margaret and Tom Fellows, his mother Leona (Bate) Fellows, uncles Kenny Hunt, Doug Hunt and Bob Wright, and aunt Barbara (Hunt) Wright, as well as his younger brother Gary Bate and niece Sami Jo Molenda and other aunts and uncles of extended family.
