Gwendolyn Floy (Downing) Tommelein was born on March 27, 1914 as the daughter of Charles Clayton and Camilla (Wilson) Downing.

She was married to Albert Tommelein and they had two children:

  1. Howard Tommelein

  2. Maurice Tommelein

Gwendolyn died on September 29, 1978 at the age of 64.