The Cookie Lady was born in Greybull, Wyoming on August 26, 1950. She is the daughter of Nellie and Hugh Crandall. Her father, Hugh, was a minister in the First Baptist Church. The family moved regularly and she lived in mostly Midwestern towns like Beatrice, NE, and Sioux Falls, SD. She graduated from high school in Swea City, Iowa and was valedictorian in A class of nearly 50 students. She attended Ottawa University in Ottawa, KA for one year and finished business school in Des Moines, IA.
She has a daughter Tammy and the light in her eyes shines for her grandson, Tommy. Besides cookies, she makes beautiful quilts and finishes the Sunday crosswords before Mondays paper arrives.
