<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/elizabeth-thomson.html" dsn="news"><item_date>08/31/2011 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>Elizabeth</firstname><middlename>"Betty"</middlename><maidenname>Everett</maidenname><lastname>Thomson</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'48</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Elizabeth Thomson</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Everett Thomson (’48), Pasadena, Calif. :: She was an honors graduate in interior design and later earned teaching credentials as well as a California realtor’s license. A member of Kappa Theta Pi sorority, she was a campus beauty, one of those chosen in 1947 to fly to Austin for the selection of a North Texas Beauty Queen by Gov. Beauford Jester. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, William Thomson (’48, ’49 M.M.).
    

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