[4][5] Her family was upper middle class silk manufacturers, of the Klots Throwing Company of Lonaconing in Maryland (which later became part of Gentex Corporation).
[3] Additionally she studied bookbinding and book restoration under Douglas Cockerell at his studio in Letchworth.
[9] In 1960, the couple settled down in New Haven, Connecticut near Yale University, where she lived for 30 years.
[1] After his death, Lada-Mocarski shifted her attention to the Book Conservation Studio at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library, where she worked for many years.
[11][12] She died at Arden House in Hamden, Connecticut on September 5, 1997, her memorial service was at St. John's Episcopal Church in New Haven.