Elizabeth "Lib" Archer

  General Notes:

Graduated U. of Del. and Teachers College, Columbia Univ. Married William Cheney in First Methodist Church (where William's brother, Rev. Harold E. Cheyney, is pastor), Washington, NJ, by Rev. Walter Stone of Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in Seaford, DE. Miss Merle E. Lank of Bloomsburg, Pa, and Mr. Virgil B. Wiley of Bridgeville, DE, were the attendants. She was principal of Seaford Central Elementary School at the time, as well as a lecturer in education at U. of Del; president of Seaford's Soroptimist Club; VP of Delaware Dept. of Elem. School Principals; past president of AAUW (Seaford branch); and Worthy Matron of Sussex Chapter #7, OES. She later became a prominant school administrator in Wash., DC.

Elizabeth married Harry Graham Lank, son of Albert Jackson Lank and "Lizzie" Elizabeth Estelle Hayman, in Aug 1938 in Archer home in Dagsboro, DE. (Harry Graham Lank was born on May 5, 1912 in Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware, died on Jun 22, 1943 and was buried in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry.)

Elizabeth next married William J. Cheney, son of Algernon R. Cheney and Lila J., on Aug 8, 1952 in Washington, NJ. (William J. Cheney was born on Oct 14, 1900, died on Oct 15, 1993 and was buried on Oct 29, 1993 in Rockville, MD.)