Elizabeth Copeland Hanshe

Elizabeth Copeland Drayer Hanshe, 87, of 3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, and formerly of Edenton, NC, died Friday, September 25, 2015 in Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach. Mrs. Hanshe was born in Chowan County on January 28, 1928, and was the daughter of the late Clarence Claude and Emma Florence Green Copeland. An accounting manager, she had retired from the University of Pittsburgh where she had been employed for over 20 years. A member of Bayside Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach, she spent her retirement years volunteering in many organizations. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Fred Edward Drayer and Robert Hanshe, a daughter-in-law, Barbara Drayer, and by two brothers, Lloyd and Melvin Copeland. Surviving are her daughter, Kathleen Newton and husband Paul of Norfolk; two sons, Leslie Drayer of Sundridge, Canada and Gordon Drayer of Bloomington, IL; eight grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. A private memorial service will be held with Miller Funeral Home & Crematory, 735 Virginia Road, Edenton, handling arrangements. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.millerfhc.com.