Published in Butler Eagle on December 12, 2011 (excerpt)

Elizabeth Jean "Betsy" Minehart Larnino, 51, of Center Township passed away at 7:30 a.m. Saturday following a brief illness.  She was born in McKeesport, Allegheny County, on July 16, 1960, to James Edward Minehart and Dorothy Marie DeVincent.  She graduated from Slippery Rock High School in 1978. She also graduated from Geneva College in Beaver Falls.  She was the family court administrator for Domestic Relations in Butler County, where she worked for more than 30 years.  She was a member of the Domestic Relations Association of Pennsylvania, which she served as a member of the board of directors. She was a member of the Butler Collaborative for Families and received the Award of Excellence from Butler Family Child Support and Enforcement.  She was a member of the Community Alliance Church of Butler, where she was active in the care and teaching of preschool age children during the church hour.  Survivors include her mother, Dorothy M. Minehart of Slippery Rock; a brother, Timothy E. Minehart of Slippery Rock; a sister, Cynthia M. (Frank) Puvak of Charlotte, N.C.; three nieces, Meagan Ashley Arndorfer of Midway, Pa., Jaimie Lynn Wilson (Mathew) of Concord, N.C., and Samantha Mackenzie Arndorfer-Grossman of Slippery Rock; a nephew, Daniel Joseph Puvak (Aimee) of Alpharetta, Ga.; her former husband, Joseph P. Larnino of West Sunbury; and two great-nieces, Grace Wilson and Madeline Puvak.  She was preceded in death by her father; a sister, Susan Arndorfer-Grossman; and a brother-in-law, Mark Arndorfer.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Butler VNA Hospice, 115 Technology Drive, Butler, PA 16001.