Elizabeth "Betty" Ingalls Ricketts, 82, of Leonardtown, MD died peacefully Tuesday, November 6, 2012, at St. Mary's Nursing Center in Leonardtown, MD. Betty was born on February 3, 1930 in Leonardtown, MD to the late Edgar Terry Ingalls and Agnes Marie Griffin Ingalls.

She was born in St. Mary's County, but moved to Potomac, MD when she was six years old. In 1947, she graduated from Richard Montgomery High School. On June 15, 1952, she married her beloved husband, Clifford Mackall Ricketts in Bethesda, MD. They recently celebrated 60 wonderful years of marriage.

In 1963, she moved to Potomac, MD. In 1978, they purchased waterfront property in Leonardtown and came down most weekends with their family. In 1995, they permanently moved to St. Mary's and built a beautiful home off of Breton Bay. Betty has an identical twin sister, Isobel Ricketts. They both married identical twin brothers. They have spent their entire lives doing things together, and enjoying every moment.

Betty's career began at the age of fifteen, as a model with her twin sister for Woodword and Lothrop and Garfinkels. She left there and transferred to the Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) as a key punch operator. She left there to work as an instructional aide at Beverly Farms in Rockville, MD. Her last job was as an instructional aide and playground aide at Banneker Elementary.

After she had her children, she made taking care of them her full-time job. Betty loved children and enjoyed working with them. In 1994, she and her twin sister appeared on the Phil Donahue Show, Jenny Jones Show, Australian Show, and CBS This Morning. They also made a television commercial for Sears. Her hobbies included collecting twin antique dolls, designing and crafting cloth dolls, and she loved to sew. She was a past president of the Dollology Club of Washington D.C. Once retired, Betty, her husband, and her twin sister and her husband, traveled abroad to England, Italy, Scotland, Greece, Germany, Ireland, and France.

In addition to her husband, Betty is survived by her children, Layne Ricketts of Blacksburg, VA, Carolyn Ricketts of Edgewater, MD, and Diane Brewer (Rocky) of Laramie, WY; her identical twin sister Isobel I. Ricketts (Martel) of Leonardtown, MD; her brother Huntley H. Ingalls of Boulder, CO; three grandchildren, Lance Ricketts, April Cleven (Chris) and Logan Brewer; and four great-grandchildren, Jaeden Cleven, Cole Cleven, Shane Cleven and Declan Cleven.

Family will receive friends for Betty's Life Celebration on Saturday, November 17, 2012 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, with a service at 3:00 PM at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. The funeral service will be conducted by Pastor Ruth Dixon of First Saints Community Church, Leonardtown Campus. Interment will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson Disease Foundation, 1359 Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, NY 10018 or the St. Mary's Nursing Center, 21585 Peabody Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.