Betty Joyce Fogo was born on July 29, 1931, in Northbranch, Kan., the daughter of Harold and Nina Silsby Beam. She died Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at the Salina Regional Health Center in Salina, Kansas at the age of 89.

Betty graduated from Esbon High School in 1949 and in later years completed classes at NCK Technical School and Cloud County Community College to help further her secretarial and office administrative career.

On June 12, 1949, she was united in marriage with James Fogo. Eight children were born to this union, which later dissolved.

In 1970, she moved to Beloit with her famil...