She was born on February 15, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri to Ferran and Florence Eales.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Mudd; children, Linda K. O'Brien and husband Dan, Mary K. Heaston and husband Mike, Kathleen M. Sexson, Richard D. Mudd III and wife Jennifer, Robert F. Mudd and wife Kimi, Jennifer L. Streater and partner Darrin; fourteen grandchildren; and brother, Ferran Eales.