Mary Elizabeth McManus was born in Cleveland, Ohio but traveled to Dallas, Texas where she was in elementary school for a while, later returning to Cleveland, Ohio and then to Memphis in Tennessee where she graduated from High School and then again returned to Cleveland, Ohio.

     Soon after, she ventured in Miami, Florida where she met her husband and lived most her life.  In her retirement, she lived in Okeechobee, Florida and after her husband's death, she went to live with her daughter in Colorado, where she passed away.