For many years Dee and the members of Chapter 8 hosted the Florida Winter Rally that was held in conjunction with a science expo at a local college and on the Hillsboro river. College and High School students from Florida, Georgia, Alabama and beyond had a chance to see hovercraft up close and in action. Dee was a tireless campaigner for hovercraft as she stood at her tables full of models and books and talked about hovercraft until the last person went home. The next morning she would be setting it up all over again on the banks of the Hillsboro River for the cruise.

Dee's collection of hovercraft memorabilia spanned decades. A visit to her house was a total immersion in hovercraft. Dee was an architectural model builder by trade and she used her skill to build replicas of many different hovercraft. While some people may decorate with knick-knacks, Dee had hovercraft displayed around the house.

Dee chronicled hovercraft throughout the years and all her work was organized into "hovercraft yearbooks" that took many shelves in her home. She was always writing people and asking for information, collecting flyers, owners manuals and sales sheets. Dee not only asked for information but she would question manufacturers or designers about their hovercraft. She was not afraid to take on charlatans or rip-off artists that advertised in the backs of "Popular" magazines in the early days of hovercraft. Dee would ask them to prove their claims. One could learn a lot of very detailed and insightful hovercraft history just talking to Dee.

At Hoverally Dee was always sporting a sash with many of the hovercraft buttons she collected over the years. Each button had a story and it was a great conversation piece. Very often a story would lead to a button, model, a book, or an entry in her yearbook where she would elaborate in great detail about anything hovercraft related.

Dee was a wealth of hovercraft knowledge and her house was literally a "store house" of hovercraft information. Dee was a good friend of the Hoverclub of America and she will be sorely missed.