Beth Webb was born and raised in Humboldt, Kansas, the daughter of the town's doctor.

Dr. Herbert Webb was caring for soldiers on the front lines of WWI in France when Beth was born, and did not immediately learn of his wife's death, six months later, during the flu epidemic of 1918, until a friend's condolence letter arrived at his medical post.
Beth was raised by her dad, attended Iola Junior College and after the Miss America pageant lived and worked in Kansas City. She was a stenographer and modeled during her off time.

She married Jack Jeffries of Joplin and they had three daughters. She was a stay-at-home mom while Jack was away during WWII.

After that marriage ended she lived and worked in Jefferson City, Mo, the first of many years of working for the MO State government.

Her marriage to Joseph McLaren produced three more daughters and lastly, a son!

During their marriage, she and Mr. McLaren started a construction company which built tennis courts and running tracks. (One of their tennis courts , donated to the city of Humboldt, remains in use today.)

Beth's career during her last 20 years of employment was as assistant to a judge in the Missouri Supreme Court, and later a judge in the Missouri Court of Appeals.

Her retirement finds her still active, as she approaches the age of 90, attending and working for Shepherd's Center of Kansas City, an organization which enables mid-life and older volunteers to share their talents, skills and wisdom for the good of their peers and the community.