Tobi Buckman
Age: 65
Town: Aberdeen
Family: Husband, Gary, retired vocational education teacher at Aberdeen High School; son Ty, 44, assistant provost at Wittenberg University with a doctorate in renaissance literature; Joelle, 43, bachelor’s in engineering from Saint Martin’s University, master’s in engineering from University of Washington, Navy veteran and Quigg Brothers, Inc. engineer; Michelle, 35, comptroller for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Mark, 30, Western Washington University grad working in biodiesel for Imperium, Aberdeen High School basketball coach; Brianne, 28, certified nursing assistant for a group home for the developmentally disabled; Michael, 26, customer service; nine grandchildren; four dogs
Hobbies: Quilting, cross stitch, puppy wrangling
Movies: Light comedies. “I like ‘Sister Act.’ I like musicals if they’re not too long,” she said.
