[3] Mary met Tony Hulman in the early 1920s in Atlantic City, where both families summered.
[4] Tony became sales manager of Hulman & Co., while Mary set up housekeeping in the city's Farrington's Grove neighborhood.
When Tony purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945, she chose to play an active role each year at the race.
[2] With her vast wealth, Mary continued her long-standing tradition of giving generously to her favorite institutions and charities in her later years.
As her health declined in the 1990s, Mary gradually relinquished her roles to her daughter and grandchildren and finally moved from the family's longtime Terre Haute home to Marquette Manor Retirement Community in Indianapolis.