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Built in 1946, the house has four bedrooms, one bathroom and no air-conditioning, according to the Hamilton County auditor’s office.

She lived in the same one-story brick house where she grew up. Nothing about the way Ebel dressed, lived or presented herself gave any indication that she had wealth. “I had no idea,” said Martha Ewalt, a Crayons to Computer volunteer who worked alongside Ebel on Thursday afternoons for five years. “It was a tremendous gift in every sense.”Īnd a tremendous surprise to those who thought they knew her. “This was far and away the biggest gift we’ve ever received,” said Amy Cheney, the CEO of Crayons to Computers. Her friends found out only after she died suddenly at the age of 71 and left nearly 90 percent of her estate to three local nonprofits: Crayons to Computers, Cincinnati Museum Center and CET.Įach organization has received more than $1 million from Ebel so far - with no strings attached - and the only thing left is to sell her house. Lucy May | WCPO Barbara Ebel spent each Friday working at this desk as a volunteer at Cincinnati Museum Center's Geier Collections and Research Center in Queensgate. Unbeknownst to Conzett - or anyone else she knew through her volunteer work - Ebel was a millionaire. Like so many retirees in Greater Cincinnati, she filled her life with church, travel and weekly volunteering.

A former teacher and AT&T retiree, she never married or had children. She could concentrate and listen to Ira Flatow on Friday afternoons.”Įbel was a quiet woman, by all accounts, who kept to herself. “I often referred to Barb as the sun because she was just as dependable as the sun,” said David Conzett, the Museum Center’s long-time curator of historical objects and fine art who retired in December. She cataloged thousands of historical items at the Geier Collections & Research Center, tucked behind a worn wooden desk with a boxy radio as her trusty companion. CINCINNATI - Every week for 17 years, Barbara Ebel drove from her modest home in Hartwell to a nondescript Queensgate building to volunteer for Cincinnati Museum Center.