Mary Elizabeth Cates, 79, of Goshen, died Feb. 20, 2008. She was an accountant.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Webster Cates.

She is survived by sons, Mark, Steven, and Shawn Cates; daughter, Claudia Cates Dahlheimer; grandchildren, Gregory Cates, Amy Hunnewell, Beth Springer, Mark A. Cates, Christina Greene, David W. Dahlheimer Jr., Elizabeth Dahlheimer, and Edward Cates, and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Feb. 23 at the Evans Funeral Home in Goshen. Interment followed at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.