Donna Bates

   LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Donna Patricia Bates died May 31 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 58.
   Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she grew up in Old Bridge and had lived in Manhattan before moving to Copiague, Long Island, 15 years ago.
   Ms. Bates was employed as a systems manager for Newsday on Long Island.
   Surviving are her mother, Patricia Bates, of Hillsborough; four brothers, Michael of Worthington, Ohio, Paul of Belle Mead, George of Sparta and Richard of Sayreville; two sisters, Barbara Bates of Whitehouse Station and Tricia Bates-Smith of Bound Brook; several nieces, nephews and great nephew.
   A funeral service was held June 4 from Hillsborough Funeral Home in Hillsborough, followed by a Mass in St. Charles Borromeo Church in Skillman. Cremation was private.
   Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 19 School House Road, Somerset, 08873.