Betty was born on September 21, 1929, in Norfolk, Virginia, and passed away on September 26, 2018, at the age of 89. She was the daughter of Jerome Pendleton Herbert and Anne Herbert Charlton (nee Crowder), both of Norfolk, Virginia, who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Andrew Joseph Banks, Jr., the father of her children. She is survived by her husband, Rudolph Koch, and children as follows: Elder son Andrew Joseph Banks, III, of Kingwood, Texas, wife Jacquelin, and grandson Joseph Wilson Banks; daughter Leigh Banks Roper of Virginia Beach, and granddaughter Rachel Harmon Roper; younger son John Pendleton Banks of California, and grandson John Alexander Banks. Betty attended Maury High School in Norfolk, the College of William & Mary, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. In the 1980’s she began painting with oils and received a Vermont Fellowship from Dorland Arts Colony in Murrieta, California. Her bodies of artistic work cover the Crusades, Charlemagne and the Carolingians, religious art featuring Christ, the Thirty Years’ War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, 9-11 and the Iraq War. Betty’s works have been accepted by the National Art Council of France. She received the Medal of Achievement from the French Museum Network, and currently has works residing in that Network which is displayed at various times. Also, the Historial de la Grande Guerre in Peronne, France, owns and exhibits twenty of her World War I oil paintings. Betty’s Civil War paintings have also been exhibited in the Cannon Rotunda in Washington, D.C. In Virginia, two museums have acquired and displayed her work – both the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum in Williamsburg. Betty’s paintings are currently represented by Childs Gallery of Boston, Massachusetts. A graveside service will be conducted at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday, October 5, 2018, at 1 P.M. Online condolences may be offered to the family at hdoliver.com. To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the family of Betty Koch, please visit our Tribute Store.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Betty Herbert Banks Koch 2018.
Death notice for the town of: Norfolk, state: Virginia