She later stood for elections in Queenstown but retired from politics thereafter. Choy's teaching career at St Andrew's School continued until 1974, except for a four-year spell as the first principal, as well as a teacher, at the Singapore School for the Blind from 1956. After her retirement she improved her languages and travelled. She continued with social work and school visits into her 90s, impressing young Singaporeans with the need to maintain strong national defence. Choy was also noted for wearing traditional Chinese and Indian clothing, qipaos and bangles, which earned her the nickname "Dayak Woman of Singapore". Choy died from pancreatic cancer in 2006 at the age of 95. In October 1986, Choy's life story was adapted into a stage play "Not Afraid To Live, Not Afraid To Remember" by Kim Ramakrishnan. The play was directed by Lim Siauw Chong and was staged by Theatreworks at the Drama Centre in Singapore. On 11 September 1995, a column on Choy, titled "She paid 40 cents for me to have this picture", was published in the Singapore newspaper "The Straits Times". It was written by columnist Koh Buck Song, one of Choy's former students. On 29 October 1997, an exhibition titled "Elizabeth Choy : A Woman Ahead of Her Time" was officially opened at the Singapore History Museum in honour of Choy's contributions to Singapore. The exhibition was considered unique for a living woman in Singapore history, tracing her life as a nurse, her travels to the United Kingdom to meet royalty, her 22-year teaching career at St Andrew's School, and her vast contributions to the less fortunate. More than 100 artefacts of pictures and newspaper clippings of her past, including the sculpture "Serene Jade", were on display at the exhibition. This was a nude sculpture of Choy, created in 1949 by Dora Gordine. It was also the first in a series of four sculptures by Gordine, and only five other copies of the sculpture remain in existence. Choy's life and experiences during the Japanese occupation of Singapore had been depicted twice in television. The first time was in "The Price of Peace", a Chinese-language drama series aired on TCS Eighth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) in 1997, in which she appeared as a semi-fictional character and was portrayed by actress Xiang Yun. The second time was in "Life Stories – Story of Elizabeth Choy", which was aired on the English-language MediaCorp Channel 5 in 2007.