Astrida earned a Bachelors Degree in 1965 and a Masters Degree in 1967 from UNL, both in Music.  She played in the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra for five years.  She then taught at Mary College, Bismarck, ND, on a National Teaching Fellowship and at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO, teaching string instruments and music theory.  Astrida returned to Lincoln and worked as a music teacher.  Astrida belonged to the American Association of University Professors, the American String Teachers Association and the American Guild of Organists.  Astrida died June 1, 1999.