Details of Mary's birth are not known.

Mary married Donald H. Whistance in 1957 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

She had the following children from her marriage to Donald H. Whistance:

- Sara E Whistance	born in 1959 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
- David Edmond Whistance	born in 1969 at Bridport, Dorset.