 When Inez was six years old, General Frederick Funston was holding her in his arms as he collapsed and died from a heart attack in the lobby of The St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.Inez was a member of the class of 1928, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines), attended Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls and UCLA; she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year.Asher co-wrote the episode "Robert E. Lee" for the "Famous Children of History" radio program.