Mum grew up in Newcastle on Tyne during WW2 in England. She migrated with her parents (Ruth and George) to Adelaide Australia when she was about 16.
She moved to Melbourne to Study to be a missionary. She studied at the Churches of Christ College of the Bible in Glen Iris. Whilst she was there she met Stan and they were married. She gave up her desire to be a missioary and instead became a minister's wife.