she was born in 1930 in colombia missouri and attended the university of missouri and met her husband, robert there and was an elementary school teach ner florida and then in 1957 they moved to san francisco. she was involved with community organizations all of her life, and she was dedicated to things which in those days were not ubiquitus in the community, early childhood education, mental health services and one of the first supporters of the development of hospice and the services for aids and hiv patients and was, actually along with her close friend, the creator of the children's network of children services and the idea that there ought to be a group that worked together to coordinate the services for children and families. and she was actually the, she was the president of the san francisco mental health association, and really you could read you this list of all of the things that she served on, she was a community volunteer and lead foremany, many years. and i, and she remained, and actually, it says here that she was an adviser to the children center and the woman's alcohol