Elizabeth B. Bateman

Elizabeth Bryan Bateman, widow of Robert Edward Bateman of Bateman and Co. Real Estate and Insurance and developers of Lighthouse Point and Coconut Creek, went to be with the Lord on March 6, 2018 after a long and fulfilled life.

Mrs. Bateman was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Alice and Reid Bryan, but lived most of her life in Hillsboro Beach, Florida. She and Mr. Bateman were married in 1938 in Winter Haven, Florida. Mrs. Bateman loved life and laughter. She enjoyed all of her family and will be greatly missed by them all. She was generous, she treated all of those around her with great respect and care, and she always had a joyful outlook on life. Her smile and laugh were contagious to all around her. Mrs. Bateman enjoyed playing cards with friends, cooking, and spending her summers in Highlands, North Carolina. She was an accomplished artist and painted beautiful scenes of the beach and of animals found in the Carolinas.

Mrs. Bateman is survived by her daughters Anne Bateman Bradshaw and Alice Cordelia Roche; her grandchildren Lisa West Tchividjian, Ray Blesi West, Robert Edward West, Kelley Anne Howsare, Robert Charles Catron, Amanda Margaret Roche, Samantha Faye Boyd and Reid Bateman Sinderud; her great grandchildren Stephan Nelson Tchividjian, Hope Elizabeth Saliba, Charlotte Virginia Sherry, Blesi Belle Tchividjian, Zumarie Grace Tchividjian, Ray Brandon West, Taylor Blesi West, Carlee Anne West, Adrianna Nicole White, Robert Rafe West, Julie Brooke West, Colby Bateman West, Mason Edward West, Abigail Leigh West, Emma Renee West, Jaime Lynn Howsare, Zoe Cordelia Howsare, Colin Earl Catron, and Mya Elizabeth Catron, Mackenzie Jean Heath, Bailie Ann Boyd, Rylie Virginia Boyd, Taryn Elizabeth Sinderud and Charlee Mae Sinderud. Her great, great grandchildren Ezekiel Tchividjian, Mia Tchividjian, Leon Saliba, Caden Saliba, Jacob Sherry and Levi Sherry. Mrs. Bateman is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edward Bateman, her sister Alice Caroline Mooty, her daughter Virginia Jean Sinderud, and her granddaughter Julie Anne Sorrelle.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2018 from 12:00 - 1:00 at the Kraeer-Fairchild Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 4061 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale. Elizabeth's family will celebrate her life and love immediately upon the conclusion of visitation. Entombment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.