Lawrence resident Scottie Lingelbach finally received the envelope she had been waiting for since Memorial Day. Its contents were sent from the White House, “With compliments of the president.”

Inside were a couple of photographs taken Memorial Day showing Lingelbach, 82, walking and talking with President Bush. The pictures were taken by the president’s official photographer.

“I was told I’d probably get a picture, but it had been so long I didn’t think they were going to come,” Lingelbach said.

She was in Washington, D.C., during Memorial Day weekend attending dedication ceremonies for the National World War II Memorial.

She was a guest of NBC newsman Tom Brokaw, who wrote about her in his book “The Greatest Generation.” She stayed at the home of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers, a Kansan, and his wife, Mary Jo.

The Myerses took Lingelbach to a White House breakfast attended by members of the Cabinet. President Bush wasn’t at the breakfast, but Lingelbach saw him by chance in one of the White House hallways. Myers called the president over to meet her and told Bush she had served with the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service during the war.

“I was in awe,” Lingelbach said.

She said she told the president about being in the White House during World War II while working for the Joint Chiefs and watching a D-Day press conference with President Franklin Roosevelt. Bush took her by the arm and showed her a couple of rooms in the White House before politely leaving to “get back to work.”

“He was very nice and very personable,” Lingelbach said of Bush.

Lingelbach said she intended to have the color photographs of her and Bush, along with an accompanying card, framed.

Lawrence resident Scottie Lingelbach, 82, right, got an unexpected chance to stroll through the White House with President Bush while visiting Washington, D.C. The White House sent the photo, taken by Bush's photographer, to Lingelbach months after her visit.