 She was the daughter of James Elias Molyneux, (b. October 3, 1920, White Pine County, Nevada; d. August 7, 2008, Pomona, Los Angeles Co., California) and Erma Jeanne Upp - Molyneux, Molyneaux, Beard, Rapp, (b. July 3, 1924, Eldorado, Clay Co., Nebraska; d. April 30, 2003).Her father, who served in the U.S. Army during WWII, and her mother are buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California.Hilton grew up on a farm near Twin Falls, Idaho.