Betty Joyce Halla passed away at her home, November 9, 2009 in Rapid City. She was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1926 in Marshall, Missouri to Curtis and Dorothy (Dally) Ireland. She spent the first years of her life in Gebo, Wyoming where her father and grandfather worked for the Owl Creek Coal Company. As a young girl, the family moved to Rapid City where Betty graduated from high school. She then attended Yankton College in Yankton (SD), where she met her husband Stan(ley) Halla. After six weeks of dating, they became engaged and married in Yankton on October 31, 1946. After the births of their sons, both on Friday the 13th, people would tell Betty "Well what did you expect, you got married on Halloween!" The couple spent the first few years of their married lives in Yankton, Scotland (SD), and Sunflower (KS). The family lived in Mitchell and Sioux Falls before moving to Rapid City in 1962. In addition to being a homemaker and mother, Betty also worked as a bank teller and Head Teller at Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo). She retired around 1984. Betty was a treasurer for her lady's group at the First Congregational Church in Rapid City and also the campaign treasurer for former Rapid City mayor Ed McLaughlin. Betty loved spending time with family and friends, talking or playing games, and enjoyed the theater and old movies. She was especially close to her mother, her daughter, and her grandmother Edith (Thompson) Dally. She also was a wonderful cook and enjoyed making cookies with her daughter and granddaughters. Surviving is her husband, Stan, of Rapid City; sons Bruce (Carol) Halla of Ladson, South Carolina, and Brian (Nancy) Halla of Greeley, Colorado; her daughter, Diane, of Rapid City; granddaughters Dawn Halla of Tuscola, Illinois, and Ambur Halla of Greeley; and her brother, Curt Ireland. She was preceded in death by her parents. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ with Rev. Ted Huffman officiating. Inurnment will be in Black Hills National Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Hills.