When Patricia Louise Eales was born on 27 May 1936, in Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Charles Dallas Eales, was 26 and her mother, Louise Christina Jellison, was 24. She married Richard Mara on 4 September 1954. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 29 March 2018, in Griffith, Calumet Township, Lake, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81.