Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaroora Oscar Eugene "Gene" Mullen (June 27, 1916 - July 1986) muna 1941 uye aigara papurazi remhuri pedyo neLa Porte City, Iowa, achiwedzera mari yake nemabasa kuJ. C. Penney neSanta Claus Industries. Vaviri vacho vaiva navana vashanu: Michael, Daniel (akafa mazuva maviri pashure pokuberekwa nguva isati yakwana), Patricia, Mary Margaret, uye John Kevin. Peg Mullen akanga ari muDemocrat anoshanda uyo akanga ari mumiriri kuDemocratic National Conventions yakaitwa muna 1964,
Muna 1968 uye muna 1972. Muna 1972 akanga ari mumiriri weMcGovern. Mugore iroro chairo akasarudzwa nokuda kwaAmai veIowa veGore.