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Elizabeth Bates

Office Assistant

Elizabeth Bates lives in Wellington. She has two daughters, both school teachers, one retired, the youngest teaching in Collinwood in Cleveland. She also has, in her own words, "two handsome grandsons and three beautiful great-grandsons, [who] I love dearly!"
Elizabeth worked at Gilford Instruments for 11 years. Leaving Gilford in 1981, she and her husband moved to Port Charlotte, Florida. He passed away in 1996, but she stayed in Florida. Later, in June of 2000, she moved back to Ohio, never regretting the move back. She says, "I missed Ohio, a beautiful state. The Oberlin Heritage Center is a pleasant place to work. I enjoy my job. I love to read; I belong to the Literary Guild and also use the library. I enjoy my houseplants, but no longer enjoy cooking or baking!"