Elizabeth W. White, of Lititz, died on Thursday, September 3, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Lieutenant Wilbert White, a highly decorated World War I air ace who was killed in action over France in 1918, and the late Elsie Machle White, an accomplished writer and China expert.

Elizabeth known as Betsey to her many friends, attended the Montrose School for Girls in Montrose, PA, and graduated from the Clarke School for the Deaf in 1935. She also attended the Art Student League in New York, and the Wayman Adams Class of Portraiture in Elizabeth Town, NJ. She was an accomplished painter and expert in needle point, and worked for 44 years as an Artist Designer for Needlepoint with The Women Educational and Industrial Union in Boston. Her art work is in many of America's cathedrals and museums.

Betsey's brother, Wilbert W. White, of Denver, Colorado died in 1989. She is survived by her nephew, David W. White, of Seattle, Washington, her niece, Constance White Frasche, of Rockville, Maryland, and her cousins, Mary Jane White Puckett or East Orleans, Massachusetts, and Peter White of Los Angeles, California.

A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church 3 Denver Rd, Denver 17517 with Pastor Keith Sweitzer officiating. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services 1810 Oregon Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17601. Arrangements by Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home and Chapel 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz 17543.To send an online condolence or for more information please visit snyderfuneralhome.com