physical education, founded The Coffee Gourmet in 1983, an early direct mail catalog business, shipping specialty coffees to customers worldwide. She later was a travel agent and realtor. She lived in numerous cities, and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, American Heart Association, Assistance League of Boise, Honolulu Food Bank and as a Cub Scout den mother. She was a former park board president in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She lived in Glen Ellyn.