When Helen Mae Schoenhals was born on 4 February 1914, in Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States, her father, Royal Schoenhals, was 31 and her mother, Fannabelle Rolison, was 27. She married Don F McGarry on 25 November 1932, in Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, United States. She lived in Brighton, Livingston, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Brighton, Brighton, Livingston, Michigan Territory, United States in 1940. She died on 14 February 2003, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Howell, Livingston, Michigan, United States.