Miss Lelia Bittikofer was born in Crawford County, Ohioin 1899, to J.W. and Sarah Bittikofer. She was a 1916 graduate of BucyrusHigh School, and a 1920 graduate of HeidelbergCollege. After teaching school in ValleyCityand Shelby, Ohio, she moved to Sandusky, Ohio about 1923. For over thirty years Miss Bittikofer taught general science and biology at SanduskyHigh School. She served as head of the Science Department for several years, and was chairman of the Scholarship Fund Committee from 1950 until her retirement in 1960.
Besides being a well respected teacher at SanduskyHigh School, Lelia Bittikofer was active in her community as well. She was a member of the Garden Club, the College Women’s Club, and she led the choir at the First Reformed Church in Sandusky. Miss Bittikofer is on the right in the front row of the picture of the SanduskyHigh School faculty, taken about 1940.
The faculty section of the 1960 Fram was dedicated to Miss Bittikofer.
After her retirement from SanduskyHigh School, Miss Lelia Bittikofer moved to Crawford County, Ohio. She passed away on March 4, 1992, at the Heartland of Bucyrus. She was buried at UnionCemetery in Sulphur Springs, Crawford County, Ohio
