She was very proud to recieve her Masters Degree in education from Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA, and went on to a career in teaching.
She is predeceased by her mother and father, Martha and Francis Mcnulty, and by her older sister Vicki. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Len, her son and his wife, Shawn and Stephanie, and her grandson, Jackson, whom she enjoyed many competitive scrabble matches with.