Elaine Louise DeHays Ebright

Her spirit filled every second that this life could give.

Elaine is survived by her husband, Michael Hock, partner in the best last years of life, who celebrated their coffee anniversaries every month, loved her, and let her silently correct his grammar. With Mike, she grabbed her ticket and her suitcase, and together they discovered a land of hope and dreams.

Elaine is mother to an extraordinary daughter, Michele Heim (Carl Heim), navigating with and watching Michele grow through childhood, delighting in her accomplishments in mature life, relishing being together with a glass in hand and stories to tell.

Her granddaughters dazzled Elaine, Casey [Heim] Weed (Curtis Weed) and Kayla Heim (Jesse Nelson), with whom any time Elaine spent felt endless.

Elaine was introduced late to a bundle of boy-sons she considered almost as smart as her daughter: Andy Hock (Teresa Segura), Ben Hock (Barbara Sullivan), and Chris Cloud (Jenny), and joyfully accepted two-for-the-effort-of-one.

Elaine is survived by Sami, her cat who is a calico, and predeceased by Wally, her friend who was a Golden Retriever. For them, she continues to calm any stormy day.

And Elaine was the ultimate matriarch, deserving of this title, an only child of her parents, Ben and Doris DeHays (deceased), who divorced and remarried and gave her siblings: Ben and Betty (deceased, the DeHays side) with two, Debbie and Diane; and Doris and Bill (deceased, the Carpenter side) another two, Becky and Billy.

Elaine was a breathtaking dulcimer player. She was a lover of bluegrass, of penguins, of trains and books, of laughter that made her eyes twinkle. She was a maker of striking, deep, long, lifetime friendships, built on tested bonds and mutual acceptance through life's major changes. She was a healer: a hypnotherapist whose clients telephoned from hundreds of miles away well into her retirement. She was incredibly cute. She skied and sailed her rubber ducky toward Catalina and swam in the ocean with Mary. She marched across the Pettus bridge, and she protested on the corner ? stand up, things are not normal.

She sang in being herself Whitman's song: "I am large. I contain multitudes."

Elaine's express wishes are that her cremation and disposal should be entirely private, no flowers or gifts desired; memorial contributions may be made to any animal rescue organization.

Two simple celebrations of spirit and life will be held for Elaine's communities: in Worthington on October 1 in the evening, at the Griswold Center; and in Circleville on October 2 in the late morning, at the Starkey Pavilion in Mary Virginia Crites Hannan Park.

Please check back here in the coming days as updated information with specific times and additional logistics will be provided on this website.

Following Elaine’s wishes, please no gifts or flowers. Should you be inclined to give, please consider a memorial contribution to any animal rescue organization.