When Sister Magdalin Madeline Nyakas was born on 5 July 1907, in Avalon, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Vincent Nyakas, was 27 and her mother, Yolanda Anna Horvath, was 26. She lived in Ross Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. She died on 7 June 1986, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.