Michelle R. Elder
Legal Assistant and Office ManagerMichelle Elder began working at Refior Law Office in August of 1999. She has advanced to be the Office Manager and only Legal Assistant. Michelle loves spending time with her husband, Rob, her three sons (Christopher, Zachary and Nicholas), daughters-in-laws (Alison, Chelsea, and Katelyn), grandchildren (Aiden, Harvey, Claire, Eleanor, Vincent, Autumn, Liam and Nora), and her bonus daughters (Amanda and Jamie). She is currently attending Living Hope Ministries.
Michelle was born in Hillsboro, Ohio. Her family moved to Indiana in her early years. Michelle is the daughter of Harvey Brandenburg and Linda Gelbaugh, and sister to three brothers, Mark, Michael and Matthew. She has been extremely blessed to have had and continue the special relationship with her
stepmother, Jacque. Michelle attended elementary school in Akron, Indiana and North Webster, Indiana, and attended high school at Wawasee High School (Syracuse, Indiana) and Warsaw Community High School (Warsaw, Indiana). She furthered her education by attending Ivy Tech in Warsaw, Indiana where she studied office administration.
Michelle met her husband, Robin in 1990, and their unending love affair began. She was blessed to have an instant family, with Robin, Christopher and Chase. In 1991 they added to their family, son #3, Zachary, and in 1995, son #4, Nicholas.
Robin and Michelle lived in Silver Lake and Pierceton, Indiana before finally settling in Warsaw. They have lived in their current home for 23 years, and plan on staying there indefinitely because they have the joy of having three of their grandchildren living in the house next door. They travel often to Fort Wayne to visit their son, Zachary and his family, to Indianapolis to visit their son Nicholas and his finance’ Katelyn., and North Manchester to visit their son Christopher and his family.