Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth "Betty" Isabelle Ritchie will take place on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 11am at First Presbyterian Church of Aiken. Interment will follow at Aiken Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Preston Geis, Dennis Conrad, Scott Ritchie, Keith Ritchie, George Ritchie and Joel Conrad. Honorary pallbearers will be Cody Geis and Kyle Conrad. The family will receive friends on Monday, May 28th from 6-8pm at GEORGE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, 211 Park Ave. SW Aiken. Memorial donations may be directed to Aiken SPCA, 401 Wire Rd. Aiken, SC 29801 or to Grandma's Purse at First Presbyterian Church, 224 Barnwell Ave. NW Aiken, SC 29801. Miss Ritchie, 87, of Aiken, died Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. A daughter of the late George A. Ritchie and Jean Ritchie , she was born on October 5, 1924 in Whitehills, Banffshire, Scotland and came to the USA in 1929, settling in the New York City /Long Island area and then living in Atlanta, GA before moving to Aiken in 1980. Betty first worked at the British Security Coordination MI 6 under Bill Donovan during WWII. In subsequent years, she worked at the British Consulate, US Rubber, and Union Carbide, finally for twenty-six years at General Electric, retiring in 1980. She then moved to Aiken to live with her parents and worked part time for Dr. Eugene McManus pediatrician and then for Oral Surgeon, Dr. David Hudson. She was a long time member of First Presbyterian Church and served as a Deacon and Choir member. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, George A. Ritchie, II, a sister, Jean R. Cody and a brother in law, Harry C. Cody. She is survived by two nieces, Leslie C. Geis, Preston and their son Cody W., Mechanicsburg, PA and Barbara Florio and family, Bethpage, NY; three nephews, Scott Ritchie & family, Holbrook, NY, Keith Ritchie and family, Bethpage, NY and George Ritchie, III and family of Henderson, NV. She is also survived by beloved friends, Linda and Dennis Conrad, Aiken and their sons, Joel Conrad, Aiken and Kyle Conrad, Sonoma, CA. Her family wishes to thank the staffs at Cumberland Village and Unihealth Rehab for their care and kindness. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.georgefuneralhomes.com