home economics education, was employed by Singer Sewing Co., the North Dakota Dairy Council and as a nutritionist for the Women, Infants and Children Program. She was a 4-H Leader, and a member of the NDSU consultation board, State Farm Service Agency board and served as secretary- treasurer for the North Dakota Limousin Cattle Association. She received the North Dakota Soil Conservation Achievement Award in 1981. She lived in Velva, North Dakota.