The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, August 19, 1995              TAG: 9508190013
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HAMPTON                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

ELIZABETH L. HOWARD

Elizabeth Bartlett Lankes Howard, fondly known as ``Betty,'' died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1995.

She was the youngest child of the late artist J.J. Lankes. She was 70 years old. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. Howard was a lifetime resident of the peninsula. She was a homemaker, and an avid animal lover. She was an Episcopalian.

Survivors include one son, Charles B. Howard; two daughters, Margaret A. Howard and Leslie M. Howard; two brothers, J.B. Lankes and John M. Lankes, all of Hampton; and a sister, Emily L. Fournier of Seaford, Va.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News, by the Rev. Nolan Crowder. The family will gather with friends prior to the funeral in Lawrence B. Wood Funeral Home from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today. Memorial donations may be designated to the Peninsula Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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