Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ lụrụ Oscar Eugene "Gene" Mullen (June 27, 1916 - July 1986) na 1941 ma biri n'ugbo ezinụlọ dị nso na La Porte City, Iowa, na-agbakwunye ego ya na ọrụ na J. C. Penney na Santa Claus Industries. Di na nwunye ahụ mụrụ ụmụ ise: Michael, Daniel (bụ́ onye nwụrụ ụbọchị abụọ mgbe a mụsịrị ya n'oge), Patricia, Mary Margaret, na John Kevin. Peg Mullen bụ onye ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị onye kwuo uche ya nke bụ onye nnọchiteanya na Democratic National Conventions nke emere na 1964, 1968
na 1972. N'afọ 1972, ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya McGovern. N'otu afọ ahụ a họpụtara ya maka nne nke afọ na Iowa.