Passed away peacefully on October 15, 2012 in Sun City, California. She was born on February 23, 1938 in Walla Walla, Washington to the late George and Ruth Buckendahl.
She was a member of Sun City Crime Watch and the Pinocle Club. She is survived by her husband of 14 years, Edward; her children, Marlee Eder, Barbara Craft, Kathleen Ridgeway, Deborah Boyer-Walthour, Cynthia Femiano and Michelle Brummel; her siblings, Lovina Shavlik, Donna Nelson, Sharon Roberts, Dan Buckendahl and Bill Buckendahl; seventeen grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.