home economics education, taught at Wyndmere, New Salem and Williston, N.D., Fergus Falls, Minn., and Maryville, Mo. She also served on the Wyndmere School Board for nine years, the North Dakota State Advisory Council for Vocational Education for six, was North Dakota Home Economics Association president in 1977 and worked as an educator in home economics at NDSU. She lived in Wahpeton, N.D.