Dorothy Marie Elliott was born 2 November 1920 the daughter of Charles Frederick Elliott and Anna Johanna Henrietta Basilius. She thinks she was born at home and had an A- blood type. A birthday card (1st birthday) received from St. Mark's church was addressed to 314 Ohio Ave. Fremont. The quilt that she loved so much was given to her for graduation and was made by the ladies Sunday school class at the Lutheran church in town. She had quinsy and was unable to attend her graduation from Springfield High School. After the death of her mother she was placed in the Oesterlen Home for children, a Lutheran orphanage in Springfield, OH when she started 6th grade. Her stepfather, Otto Meyers and her younger brother Frederic Kenneth Meyers then went to CA. and stayed for a while at the Three Rivers CCC Camp where her older brother Charles Elliott and stepbrother Charles Meyers were working. Her governess belonged to a book club and mom would usually get a hold of her books and get them read first, one of which was Gone With the Wind. She often typed letters home for others. The younger children liked her because she would sneak them into her room after lights out and she would read stories to them.
After graduation from high school at the orphanage she went to Cleveland and lived at the Albert Obenauf residence in East Cleveland while attending Dyke Business Collage. She completed her secretarial training in one year. Her first job after graduation was at Richmond Brothers Clothing in the haberdashery department. During the war she worked as a secretary at McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Co. Some of the other places she worked in the Cleveland area include Central Greyhound and Stingel Services, a company that supplied trained personnel to companies needing to level off peak loads. Her last job before leaving Cleveland was at American Decorating Company. She met her first husband, Francis Hemry, at a YMCA dance in downtown Cleveland. They were both taking dance lessons. He was living at the YMCA at the time. He walked her all the way home to East Cleveland, a no short distance, and then he walked all the way back to the YMCA. She recalls that they spent no money on soda, candy, etc. They dated about a year and were married 28 February 1941 at the home of Albert Obenauf, a Lutheran Minister. The marriage ended in divorce 8 May 1945.
Around 1945 she worked in the Washington DC area (Ft. Meyer) while her second husband, Jack Stockall, was in the service.
In 1946 she left for Fresno, CA in a Studebaker car and quiet a time with Gary climbing back and forth from back seat to front etc.
While working at a real estate office in San Raffle, CA. she stopped in a bar after work and met her future husband Lee Gilliam. He had just recently been divorced and was down in the dumps and mom invited him home to watch TV. December 8th 1956 they were married at her brother Fred's home, Grass Valley near Sacramental. He worked as Lubrications Forman on the construction equipment being used to build Trinity Dam. Prior to that he had been an operating engineer in San Francisco. In 1963 they bought out the Redding Rug and Upholstery Cleaners. He did primarily carpet installing and carpet cleaning. For a number of years she handled local advertising for the L. A. Times, the San Francisco Examiner, Sacramental Bee, and San Hosea Mercury News. She served as secretary for 5 years for the secret witness program. Had 12 years perfect attendance at the Saroptimist club. Dorothy died 19 August 2004 from Pneumonia.
After graduation from high school at the orphanage she went to Cleveland and lived at the Albert Obenauf residence in East Cleveland while attending Dyke Business Collage. She completed her secretarial training in one year. Her first job after graduation was at Richmond Brothers Clothing in the haberdashery department. During the war she worked as a secretary at McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Co. Some of the other places she worked in the Cleveland area include Central Greyhound and Stingel Services, a company that supplied trained personnel to companies needing to level off peak loads. Her last job before leaving Cleveland was at American Decorating Company. She met her first husband, Francis Hemry, at a YMCA dance in downtown Cleveland. They were both taking dance lessons. He was living at the YMCA at the time. He walked her all the way home to East Cleveland, a no short distance, and then he walked all the way back to the YMCA. She recalls that they spent no money on soda, candy, etc. They dated about a year and were married 28 February 1941 at the home of Albert Obenauf, a Lutheran Minister. The marriage ended in divorce 8 May 1945.
Around 1945 she worked in the Washington DC area (Ft. Meyer) while her second husband, Jack Stockall, was in the service.
In 1946 she left for Fresno, CA in a Studebaker car and quiet a time with Gary climbing back and forth from back seat to front etc.
While working at a real estate office in San Raffle, CA. she stopped in a bar after work and met her future husband Lee Gilliam. He had just recently been divorced and was down in the dumps and mom invited him home to watch TV. December 8th 1956 they were married at her brother Fred's home, Grass Valley near Sacramental. He worked as Lubrications Forman on the construction equipment being used to build Trinity Dam. Prior to that he had been an operating engineer in San Francisco. In 1963 they bought out the Redding Rug and Upholstery Cleaners. He did primarily carpet installing and carpet cleaning. For a number of years she handled local advertising for the L. A. Times, the San Francisco Examiner, Sacramental Bee, and San Hosea Mercury News. She served as secretary for 5 years for the secret witness program. Had 12 years perfect attendance at the Saroptimist club. Dorothy died 19 August 2004 from Pneumonia.
Dorothy Marie Elliott was born 2 November 1920 the daughter of Charles Frederick Elliott and Anna Johanna Henrietta Basilius. She thinks she was born at home and had an A- blood type. A birthday card (1st birthday) received from St. Mark's church was addressed to 314 Ohio Ave. Fremont. The quilt that she loved so much was given to her for graduation and was made by the ladies Sunday school class at the Lutheran church in town. She had quinsy and was unable to attend her graduation from Springfield High School. After the death of her mother she was placed in the Oesterlen Home for children, a Lutheran orphanage in Springfield, OH when she started 6th grade. Her stepfather, Otto Meyers and her younger brother Frederic Kenneth Meyers then went to CA. and stayed for a while at the Three Rivers CCC Camp where her older brother Charles Elliott and stepbrother Charles Meyers were working. Her governess belonged to a book club and mom would usually get a hold of her books and get them read first, one of which was Gone With the Wind. She often typed letters home for others. The younger children liked her because she would sneak them into her room after lights out and she would read stories to them.
After graduation from high school at the orphanage she went to Cleveland and lived at the Albert Obenauf residence in East Cleveland while attending Dyke Business Collage. She completed her secretarial training in one year. Her first job after graduation was at Richmond Brothers Clothing in the haberdashery department. During the war she worked as a secretary at McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Co. Some of the other places she worked in the Cleveland area include Central Greyhound and Stingel Services, a company that supplied trained personnel to companies needing to level off peak loads. Her last job before leaving Cleveland was at American Decorating Company. She met her first husband, Francis Hemry, at a YMCA dance in downtown Cleveland. They were both taking dance lessons. He was living at the YMCA at the time. He walked her all the way home to East Cleveland, a no short distance, and then he walked all the way back to the YMCA. She recalls that they spent no money on soda, candy, etc. They dated about a year and were married 28 February 1941 at the home of Albert Obenauf, a Lutheran Minister. The marriage ended in divorce 8 May 1945.
Around 1945 she worked in the Washington DC area (Ft. Meyer) while her second husband, Jack Stockall, was in the service.
In 1946 she left for Fresno, CA in a Studebaker car and quiet a time with Gary climbing back and forth from back seat to front etc.
While working at a real estate office in San Raffle, CA. she stopped in a bar after work and met her future husband Lee Gilliam. He had just recently been divorced and was down in the dumps and mom invited him home to watch TV. December 8th 1956 they were married at her brother Fred's home, Grass Valley near Sacramental. He worked as Lubrications Forman on the construction equipment being used to build Trinity Dam. Prior to that he had been an operating engineer in San Francisco. In 1963 they bought out the Redding Rug and Upholstery Cleaners. He did primarily carpet installing and carpet cleaning. For a number of years she handled local advertising for the L. A. Times, the San Francisco Examiner, Sacramental Bee, and San Hosea Mercury News. She served as secretary for 5 years for the secret witness program. Had 12 years perfect attendance at the Saroptimist club. Dorothy died 19 August 2004 from Pneumonia.
After graduation from high school at the orphanage she went to Cleveland and lived at the Albert Obenauf residence in East Cleveland while attending Dyke Business Collage. She completed her secretarial training in one year. Her first job after graduation was at Richmond Brothers Clothing in the haberdashery department. During the war she worked as a secretary at McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Co. Some of the other places she worked in the Cleveland area include Central Greyhound and Stingel Services, a company that supplied trained personnel to companies needing to level off peak loads. Her last job before leaving Cleveland was at American Decorating Company. She met her first husband, Francis Hemry, at a YMCA dance in downtown Cleveland. They were both taking dance lessons. He was living at the YMCA at the time. He walked her all the way home to East Cleveland, a no short distance, and then he walked all the way back to the YMCA. She recalls that they spent no money on soda, candy, etc. They dated about a year and were married 28 February 1941 at the home of Albert Obenauf, a Lutheran Minister. The marriage ended in divorce 8 May 1945.
Around 1945 she worked in the Washington DC area (Ft. Meyer) while her second husband, Jack Stockall, was in the service.
In 1946 she left for Fresno, CA in a Studebaker car and quiet a time with Gary climbing back and forth from back seat to front etc.
While working at a real estate office in San Raffle, CA. she stopped in a bar after work and met her future husband Lee Gilliam. He had just recently been divorced and was down in the dumps and mom invited him home to watch TV. December 8th 1956 they were married at her brother Fred's home, Grass Valley near Sacramental. He worked as Lubrications Forman on the construction equipment being used to build Trinity Dam. Prior to that he had been an operating engineer in San Francisco. In 1963 they bought out the Redding Rug and Upholstery Cleaners. He did primarily carpet installing and carpet cleaning. For a number of years she handled local advertising for the L. A. Times, the San Francisco Examiner, Sacramental Bee, and San Hosea Mercury News. She served as secretary for 5 years for the secret witness program. Had 12 years perfect attendance at the Saroptimist club. Dorothy died 19 August 2004 from Pneumonia.
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