Elisabeth ‘Lili’ Wildenhain

Mrs. Wildenhain died Jan. 9, 2004, at St. John’s Home in Rochester.

She was born Jan. 15, 1919, in Aussig, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Paul and Greta Honig Brockardt. She attended the Isadore Duncan School of Dance in Salzburg, Austria, and received degrees at Beaux Artes in Geneva and the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, Austria, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. She lived in Lawrence, Kan., for several years and worked at Kansas University.

Mrs. Wildenhain was an artist, teacher and yoga instructor. She won awards including Etoile D’Or at the Brussels World’s Fair and the Church Architectural Guild of America grand prize for a depiction of Moses.

Her husband, Frans Wildenhain, died in 1980.

Survivors include a son, Paul Rankin, Erie.

Miller Funeral Homes in Rochester is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.millerfuneralhomes.com.