In the early 1970s she took a motorcycle trip to Alaska and fell in love with the state, moving to Juneau shortly afterward. She married FAA executive Jon Tamplin in 1979, and they made their home in Auke Bay. She was preceded in death by her husband Jon in 1992. She is survived by her daughter Gayleen Hays of Sequim, Wash., granddaughter Serina Hays of Seattle, daughter Laurel Koser of California.