Elmira “Myrt” Elizabeth Bates, 90, of Sweet Home, died at her home early on the morning of Jan. 9, 2010.
She was born April 19, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio to John and Ethel (Davis) Lengle.
After five adventuresome car trips back and forth from New York to California, Washington and Oregon during 1953 to 1960, she settled with her husband Paul and three children in Sweet Home, where they resided since November 1960.
Mrs. Bates…