Betty Engelstad

Betty Engelstad was born January 1, 1933, in a small farming community in Minnesota. After high school, she worked as a teller at First National Bank. It was during these years that she met Ralph. He was unlike anybody she had ever known. He was a hockey player, a contractor and he had dreams of leaving to develop property. They were married May 1954 after a whirlwind courtship on Ralph’s part. They have a daughter Kris. Ralph left in 1960 to build their home in Vegas, and a year later Betty joined him. When Betty saw the mounds of dirt in the front yard she asked why there was sand to only find out that unlike Minnesota soil, Las Vegas soil resembles sand. During Ralph & Betty’s early years she worked as Ralph’s bookkeeper. She is dedicated to helping less fortunate others through her philanthropic gifts, but she is also a devoted wife, mother and grandmother to Sean & Erin.