Born Norwalk, November 21, 1931; 3 children, 5 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren. Graduate Ontario Public H.S. 1949. Full-time legislator. Former nursing home activity dir. and farmer/farmwife. Member: Wis. Women for Agriculture/Northwood Chapter; Wis. Farm Bureau; Wis. Farmers Union; Whitehall Lions Club; American Legion Aux.; Democratic Party of Wis.; Major, Civil Air Patrol; Wis. Retired Teachers Assn.; Child Care Partnership (bd. of dir.); Jackson Co. Emergency Management Com.