She is a nurse. She attended Temple University, Princeton Seminary and Yale University. Her husband is a Presbyterian Minister. "We were interned in a P.O.W. camp for over 3 years during World War II in the Philippine Islands. Dick was born just 10 days after American Troops arrived. So, we were in the hands of Americans - but in the middle of the battle for Manila".
*Source: Interview by mail solicited by Maribeth Walker from her Aunt Majory Patton in April 1995.