Mother of author Cheryl Strayed (born Cheryl Nyland), who wrote of her mother's strength and optimism in her best-selling memoir "Wild". Daughter of James W. Young and Rosalyn R. Coyne Young.
Bobbi shielded her children as best she could while experiencing first domestic abuse, and later, poverty. At age 40, she returned to college to obtain her bachelor's degree. Earning a degree was so important to Bobbi that at the beginning of her studies, she drove three hours each way to class.
Her first marriage was to Ronald Nyland in about 1964, and ended in divorce in 1976. They had three children. She was remarried to Glenn R. Lambrecht in 1980.
Laura Dern played Bobbi in the 2014 movie based on the book.
Bobbi died of small cell lung cancer at age 45.
Bobbi shielded her children as best she could while experiencing first domestic abuse, and later, poverty. At age 40, she returned to college to obtain her bachelor's degree. Earning a degree was so important to Bobbi that at the beginning of her studies, she drove three hours each way to class.
Her first marriage was to Ronald Nyland in about 1964, and ended in divorce in 1976. They had three children. She was remarried to Glenn R. Lambrecht in 1980.
Laura Dern played Bobbi in the 2014 movie based on the book.
Bobbi died of small cell lung cancer at age 45.
Mother of author Cheryl Strayed (born Cheryl Nyland), who wrote of her mother's strength and optimism in her best-selling memoir "Wild". Daughter of James W. Young and Rosalyn R. Coyne Young.
Bobbi shielded her children as best she could while experiencing first domestic abuse, and later, poverty. At age 40, she returned to college to obtain her bachelor's degree. Earning a degree was so important to Bobbi that at the beginning of her studies, she drove three hours each way to class.
Her first marriage was to Ronald Nyland in about 1964, and ended in divorce in 1976. They had three children. She was remarried to Glenn R. Lambrecht in 1980.
Laura Dern played Bobbi in the 2014 movie based on the book.
Bobbi died of small cell lung cancer at age 45.
Bobbi shielded her children as best she could while experiencing first domestic abuse, and later, poverty. At age 40, she returned to college to obtain her bachelor's degree. Earning a degree was so important to Bobbi that at the beginning of her studies, she drove three hours each way to class.
Her first marriage was to Ronald Nyland in about 1964, and ended in divorce in 1976. They had three children. She was remarried to Glenn R. Lambrecht in 1980.
Laura Dern played Bobbi in the 2014 movie based on the book.
Bobbi died of small cell lung cancer at age 45.
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Some of her ashes were buried on family property near McGregor, Minnesota, under a stone reading "I'm with you always".
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