Obituaries

Patricia A. BettersReal Estate Agent

Patricia A. Betters, 68, a real estate agent with Long and Foster, died Dec. 4 of primary pulmonary hypertension at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. A former resident of the District and Falls Church, she had lived in Leesburg since 2000.

Ms. Betters was born in McKeesport, Pa., and received an associate degree in business in 1959 from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. In 1972, she joined the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as an administrative assistant in the office of legal counsel. She was with the EEOC until 1987.

She became an agent with Long and Foster in 1988, working out of the Foxhall office in the District until 2000, when she moved to the Leesburg office. She received a number of awards from Long and Foster in recognition of her accomplishments as a top producer. She was a member of the Gold Team, for agents who sold more than $5 million in real estate.

Ms. Betters was active in the League of Women Voters in the 1960s and 1970s and in the Democratic Party in the District, Falls Church and Leesburg. A member of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee, she was chair for the Leesburg district from 2000 to 2005 and was named Outstanding District Chair in 2001 and Volunteer of the Year in 2005.

Her marriages to Robert Joseph Limberger and Seymour S. Snyderman ended in divorce.

A daughter from her first marriage, Dr. Sheri Limberger, died in 1999.

Survivors include two children from her first marriage, Robin Martinhue of Leesburg and Lori Pittman of Raleigh, N.C.; her parents, Samuel and Julia Betters of Loveland, Colo.; two brothers; a sister; and three grandchildren.

-- Joe Holley

Kwang-Ping HsuCoast Guard Officer

Kwang-Ping Hsu, 71, a former Coast Guard officer and a professional photographer, died of complications of a brain tumor Dec. 11 at the Johnson Center at Falcons Landing in Potomac Falls.

Capt. Hsu served in the Coast Guard for 30 years, becoming a commanding officer at stations from the District to Hawaii. He completed tours at the North Pole and the South Pole and flew a helicopter from Coast Guard icebreakers.