Elizabeth A. "Betty" Edwards, 85, of Main Street, Emlenton, died at 11:12 p.m. Sunday at UPMC Northwest, Seneca, after an illness.

Born July 3, 1920, in Emlenton, she was the daughter of Lawrence S. and Blanch A. Barnes Grieff.

A 1938 graduate of Emlenton High School, she attended beauty school and owned and operated a beauty shop in Emlenton for some time. She then took commercial art and fashion design at the Pittsburgh Art Institute and later attended business school in Franklin.

Mrs. Edwards was a homemaker and enjoyed reading and sewing. She previously had been employed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and retired in 1982 from the Farmer's National Bank in Emlenton.

During World War II, she served in the Navy Waves as an aviation machinist mate second class.

She was an active member of St. Michael Roman Catholic Church in Emlenton and was a member of the Altar-Rosary Society of the church and the church council.

Surviving are three daughters, Loretta Hess of Waterford, Emily Foust of Emlenton and Mary Whittington of Corpus Christi, Texas; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She also is survived by a brother, Lawrence W. Grieff of Oil City; three sisters, Ruth Nuhfer of Warren, Mary Teresa Russell of Oil City and Louise Colwell of Knox; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

Her husband, Richard C. Edwards, whom she married Feb. 23, 1952, at St. Michael Church, Emlenton, died Dec. 11, 1975. She also was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

<B>EDWARDS </B>— Friends of Elizabeth A. "Betty"Edwards, who died Sunday, May 7, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the <B>Hile Funeral Home</B>, 1204 Kerr Ave., Emlenton. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, Emlenton, with the Rev. Conrad Kraus officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will be held at St. Michael Cemetery, Emlenton.A parish vigil service will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.Memorial contributions may be made to St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, P.O. Box 177, Emlenton, PA 16373; or to the Venango County VNA Hospice, 176 E. Bissell Ave., Oil City, 16301.