Found him on the 1930 Jerusalem, Yates, New York census (dist 10 img 9) as
Howard C. Coates age 25, married. Farmer. He and his wife
Grenevieve and daughter
Olive are living in the household of his parents.
Found him on the 1940 Jerusalem, Yates, New York census (dist 62-12 img 10) as
Howard Coats age 36, farmer.
PENN YAN - Howard C. Coates, 69, of Bluff Point RD 5, Penn Yan, died at his home yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Townsend Thayer Funeral Chapel in Penn Yan. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Mr. Coates, a vineyardist, was a lifetime resident of the area and resided at his present address since 1959. He was a member of the Bluff Point Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jenieve Hopkins Coates a son, Robert Charles Coates three daughters, Mrs. Rodney (Olive) Folts, Mrs. Norman (Rachel) Fingar and Mrs. Floyd 'Buck' (Pauline) Lane, all of RD 5, Penn Yan 14 grandchildren one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. The Geneva Times March 26, 1973