Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Kennedy, Elizabeth "Betsy" T. K. Rivers October 17, 2020
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Virginian-Pilot  October 20, 2020
Elizabeth K. "Betsy" Rivers Kennedy, 76, passed away 17 October, 2020.
She was born in York, PA, raised in Virginia Beach until she enrolled in 
Virginia Tech, where she met and married her first husband. Betsy developed a 
lifelong passion for Art and Calligraphy. She founded calligraphy guilds in both 
Houston, TX, and Virginia Beach. Betsy was an artist and calligrapher at 
Norfolk’s D'Art Center and One 11 Studio. She authored Insights into Left-handed 
Calligraphy. She was president of the Norfolk Torch Club, and an active member 
of the Irish American Society. She received the Irene Leach award at the 
Chrysler Museum and won first prize in the Annual Portfolio Exhibit at The 
Charles Taylor Gallery in Hampton and many other awards throughout her career.
Betsy is survived by the family she loved; husband John E. Kennedy of Norfolk, 
her two daughters, Teresa "Terri" Rivers of Jacksonville, and Tracey Burnett and 
husband John, of Pensacola. Stepchildren: Kathleen, Robert, William, John Jr. 
"Eddie", Carol, James; brother, George and his wife Julia Keville, and many 
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her first husband Fran Rivers, their son; Mike Rivers, 
her parents, Pauline Henrietta Epley and Worthington Keville, brothers Bobby, 
and Michael Keville.
Betsy truly loved her family, the Catholic Church, her homes in Norfolk's 
Riverview, Cromwell Farm and Lake Gaston. She traveled with the Sacred Heart 
Church Choir to Italy, Greece, Spain and France, with Jack to Ireland, to see 
the Book of Kells, and for classes in Celtic Manuscript at Trinity College, 
Dublin and to Wales for classes in letter carving in stone. She also touched 
down in Hawaii, Japan, England, Scotland, and Norway. The latest trip was to 
Israel to walk where Jesus walked and pray in the crypt where, after the 
crucifixion, He was laid.
A viewing will be held on Wednesday October 21, from 5-7 p.m. at H.D. Oliver 
Funeral Apts. at 1501 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk. An interment service will be 
held outside at the original mausoleum in St. Mary's Cemetery, 3000 Church 
Street, Norfolk on Thursday October 22, 2:00 p.m., where she joins late son 
Michael. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing if attending any 
services. Online condolences may be offered to the family at hdoliver.com.


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