Mary Helen (Gackenheimer) Friermood was born on April 14, 1923 to Emma Gackenheimer and Emanuel Gackenheimer, and had siblings Agnes M Hentrich, Paul D Gackenheimer, and Robert E Gackenheimer. She married Max J Friermood on September 19, 1947 in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana United States, and had children Linda (Friermood), Dean Friermood, and Tom Friermood. Mary Friermood died at age 88 years old on November 2, 2011.