[1][2] She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to Roy and Ella Jolliffe (née Lowe).
[2] Starcher's early work with the federal government included stints at the Central Intelligence Agency and Library of Congress.
[1] A Democrat,[3] Starcher ran for her first state-level election in 1984, but lost to Bill Carmichael.
[2] In October 2012, she and her husband Harold Starcher ate at a Bob Evans restaurant in Ripley, where both allegedly suffered food poisoning.
[5] Their children, Mark and Ann, filed a lawsuit against Bob Evans and asking for $250,000 in damages.