Jeryl Ann Bates

Nikiski resident Jeryl Ann Bates (Morrison, Aspelund), 49, died September 5th, 2022, in Nikiski, Alaska. She was born in Nome, Alaska on July 25, 1973, to Lucy and David Morrison. Jeryl Ann graduated from Bristol Bay Borough High School, attained an Associate’s degree in Community Health and worked as a Community Health Practitioner. She loved camping, fishing, and living a subsistence lifestyle. Jeryl Ann learned many things growing up in King Salmon with her father and sister, she could do just about anything and wasn’t afraid of a challenge. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.Jeryl Ann loved being a mother who cherished her children, she was there for them and did her best to care for, teach, and guide them into adulthood. She was an aunty to all the children too, kids loved her and always wanted to be around her. She was honest, caring, and so humble. She would give anything to help others and was easy to talk to which made her so loved and liked by all. She will be deeply missed.Jeryl Ann was preceded in death by her father David Morrison, grandpa “pops”, and her baby sister Joanne. She was loved by her husband Bridger Bates, daughter Kylie Aspelund, son’s Brandon and River John, her sister Stephanie Rush, nephews Bradley Rush, Joseph O’Hara, niece Brittany Rush, Mother Lucy Morrison, Grandmother “Punch” Cecilia Smith (Nunooruk, Amarok, Hardy), and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends who became family.Services were held in Kenai September 18,2022 and followed by a service in her hometown of King Salmon/Naknek October 1, 2022, where her ashes are to be spread