Coffee Chat/Martha Paulsen

Name: Martha Paulsen

Lives: Coloma

Martha Paulsen

Occupation: Retiring Sister Lakes paraprofessional (1996-2012)

Where are you from originally? Sister Lakes

To what clubs do you belong? Sister Lakes Lady Lions

Education: Dowagiac Union High School (Class of 1974), Northern Montana College

If you weren’t doing what you do, what would you be doing? Probably a job that involves traveling.

If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it? Share it with family members, then buy something frivolous.

What’s something most people don’t know about you? I don’t think there is anything. I am pretty much an open book.

Favorite food? Pork roast or pork chops

Last book you read? “Esperanza Rising”

Favorite TV show? “I Love Lucy” reruns

Where would you go on your dream vacation? The Netherlands

Pet peeve? People who think only of themselves

Best advice you ever got and who gave it to you? “You don’t hate anybody or anything. You may dislike it a lot, but you don’t hate it.” My mother.

What would you want on your tombstone? So long. It was fun while it lasted.

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