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Elizabeth S. 'Betty' WhiteWeather Bureau Employee
Elizabeth Seitz "Betty" White, 85, a teletype operator and satellite technician for the old Weather Bureau from the 1950s to 1970s, died April 14 at a caregiver's home in Clinton. She had Alzheimer's disease.
In 1971, Mrs. White was among the first operators for Prince George's County's 911 emergency service.
She was born in Salina, Kan., and served in the Navy Waves as a radio operator during World War II.
In the 1950s, she did voiceover work for WPGC-FM when it was a country and western station.
She was a longtime Clinton resident before moving to Supply, N.C., in 1976. She returned to the Washington area in 2000.
Her husband, Robert E. White, whom she married in 1945, died in 2001.
Survivors include five children, William White of Winterville, N.C., Roberta White of Brandywine, James White of Supply and Barbara White and Elizabeth Wyatt, both of La Plata; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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