Family: my husband Lyndon; my triplet Frannie, and a bunch of her children; my son Dylan; and a bunch of nieces and nephews in Utah.

How did you meet your husband? Through a Town Players play. I was in a show, and there was a cast party, and I didn’t want to go to it, but the director, Evelyne Thomas, gave me a dime for the pay phone at Edmond Town Hall and told me to call her son. I remember getting on the phone and just getting dead silence from him. But he agreed. I had him mixed up with someone else in the play, and when I saw him my heart went [imitates thump thump thump]. He was all dressed up, and he was blonde, from being in the Mediterranean. I do believe in love at first sight. He was a perfect gentleman. He’s still a gentleman.

How long have you lived in Newtown? 55 years.

Are you a member of any clubs, organizations and/or community of faith? The Garden Club of Newtown and St Paul’s Church in Brookfield.

What do you like to do in your free time? One of the things we do is we go shopping for FAITH Food Pantry. We go to Costco and we often get these big boxes of popcorn to give to the clients. It’s not the sort of thing the food pantry will buy, so we get that and it’s a treat to get microwave popcorn.

What is the most recent book you’ve read? The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, about a bus ride from Hell to Heaven and the dichotomy of people. It was a very difficult book to read.

Do you have a favorite author? P.D. James. She’s a classic mystery writer from England.

Do you have any unusual talents? I don’t know how unusual it is, but I’m good at yoga.

Who or what has been the greatest influence in your life? My father, by far.

Favorite food? Toast. If I become a really old lady I will live on tea and toast. There will be nothing else in this house.

What is your favorite thing about Newtown? The simplicity of it. There’s no neon, and the zoning is sensible. We have to thank Art Spector for that. There was a big hubbub years ago when he wanted two- and three-acre lots for residential but I think he was right, because except for Main Street you don’t have people piling up on each other. All you need to do is go to Monroe and it’s like a whole shift — neon, big signs, buildings close to the road, and people and stores right on top of each other. I feel like I’ve gone to another world. Newtown still has a feel of rural living. Go down to Ferris Acres, or Mt Pleasant, or Sandy Hook. It’s beautiful.

Do you have a personal credo? From Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”