Call was born to Robert and Maria Lowdon in
Chicago, Illinois, on May 30, 1945. She wasn't born in
Texas but often said she got there as quickly as she could. She graduated from the
University of Texas at Austin with a major in
physical education and
Spanish. In 1971 she earned a
master's degree in guidance and counseling from
Brigham Young University. She married Rodger L. Call in 1970. They had two children, Katri and Rob. Call began showing
Palominos with her family in 1985, and she won the High Point Amateur Award at the Palomino World Championships in 1986. She began to show
American Quarter Horses in the late 1980s. Call had been diagnosed with
juvenile diabetes as a child, and in the 1990s she lost both of her legs to the disease. However, she continued to show Quarter Horses in
pleasure driving. Call won the AQHA Reserve Champion Pleasure Driving award almost every year between 1998 and her death in 2007, and she was awarded the Select World Championship in 2005 and 2006, as well as being the Reserve High Point Pleasure Driving Amateur in 2006. She died July 3, 2007, from complications of
diabetes. ==References==