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Elizabeth Chambers Firestone1,2

Female
b. 1922, d. 18 October 1989


Father Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr.1,2 b. 20 April 1898, d. 1 June 1973
Mother Elizabeth E. Parke1,2 b. 17 November 1897 or 17 November 1902, d. 18 October 1990
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Family Charles F. Willis b. 23 July 1918, d. 16 March 1993
Child  1. ELizabeth W. Willis b. 10 Feb 1956

Birth* 1922  Akron, Summit Co., OH1,2 
Census* 1930  1930 Federal Census, Ohio, Summit County, Akron Township, Akron, Ward 8, ED: 77-147, Series: T626, Roll: 1880, Page: 18A, April 2
Sheet 18A, Block 85 Tract G, 50 Twin Oaks Road
(enumerated with father, Harvey S Firestone Jr)
03, 170, 179, Firestone, Elizabeth C, Daughter, , , , No, F, W, 7, S, , Yes, Yes, Ohio, Illinois, Illinois, , 59, , , , , No, None, , , , , , , ,2 
Marriage* 1954  Principal=Charles F. Willis1,3 
Divorce* 1973  Principal=Charles F. Willis3 
Death* 18 October 1989  Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA3 
News/Obit* 20 October 1989  Obituary,
Elizabeth Firestone Willis

Elizabeth Firestone Willis, a patron of the arts and a composer, died of heart failure Wednesday. She was 67.



Willis, whose grandfather, Harvey S. Firestone Sr., founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., was a member of the National Council of the Metropolitan Opera Association and a trustee of the Archives of American Art and the New England Conservatory of Music.



In recent years Willis, a pianist, devoted herself to jazz, making appearances with Mel Torme and Lionel Hampton. In collaboration with Hampton, she wrote "The George Bush Election Theme."






Appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle (CA) - October 20, 1989



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Citations
  1. [S85] Firestone Genealogy - 1957, George Ely Russell.
  2. [S248] 1930 U.S. Federal Census .
  3. [S323] News Bank.

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