Betty Chivington Meyering, 79, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died June 14, 2007, at Odyssey House Hospice, Colorado Springs.

She was born Sept. 10, 1927, in Dayton, to Olen and Lura Wheeler Chivington. On Sept. 22, 1951, she married Chester Meyering, who survives.

Other survivors are a son, Mark, Jonesboro, Ark.; a daughter, Michelle (Greg) Isham, Colorado Springs; a brother, Pat Chivington, Lakewood; three sisters, Joy Linton and Eileen Reasner, both of Celina, and Billie Luke, Danville, Ill.; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

She was a former home economics teacher for Colorado Springs Public Schools. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, Colorado Springs, and the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary. She also was a 1945 graduate of St. Marys Memorial High School, a 1951 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and a 1955 graduate of the University of Illinois.

Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Trinty Church of the Nazarene, 5055 El Camino Dr. Colorado Springs. A private family burial will be held at Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs.

Contributions can be made to the Voice of Truth, Colorado Springs.