 On October 3, 1946, while serving as an electrician's mate in the United States Navy, he wed 16-year-old California native Suzan Harriet Edwards in Los Angeles.Though the duration of their union is undetermined, it appears to be brief; in 1950 he married Jean Dorothy Merriam of Fort Worth, Texas.He and Merriam had two daughters, Kathleen Jean (1951-2001) and Karen Juliet (1956- ), before their marriage ended in 1961.