Died on August 22, 2021.  She was born September 23, 1930 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  Preceded in death by parents John T. and Borghild.  She was a 1960 graduate of Viterbo University in LaCrosse, WI.  During the 1960's, she worked in New York City and graduated in 1968 from the Columbia University School of Library Service.  From 1968 to 1977, she served as librarian with the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre.  A resident of St. Paul since 1977, her last employment was with the Dakota County Library.