She was born February 2, 1927 to Raymond F. Showalter and Mable Rose (nee Ramsey) Showalter.
She was the mother of Betty Meesey, Dorothy Donze, Joe Hagan, Mary Deaton, Rosie Swaford, Leonard Hagan, Jean Hagan, Walther Hagan and Ronald Hagan.
Funeral services were held Friday, March 18, 2011 at Hoffmeister South County Chapel with interment following in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Festus, Missouri.