Betty Alice (Earles) Giovando passed away Mar. 31, 2016, in Sun City West, Ariz.
She was buried at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
Betty was born Dec. 19, 1927, in Mitchell, to George and Frances (Wheeler) Earles. She attended Dakota Wesleyan University and graduated from Black Hills State College before embarking on a professional teaching career, beginning in South Dakota and eventually moving to California.
While teaching in California, Betty met and married John Giovando on Feb. 23, 1963. Following her retirement from teaching, she traveled extensively in the United States and abroad.
Betty is survived by her sisters, Gwenn Vallery, of Nisland, and Carol Hendrix of Artesian; brother-in-law, John Trabing of Buffalo, Wyo.; sister-in-law, Marge Earles of Boise, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John Giovando; her parents; a sister, Arlene Trabing; and a brother, George Earles, Jr.