The Reardon family moved from the Midwest around the turn of the century. Oliver Louis Reardon (1874–1937) and Mary Agnes O'Leary Reardon (1879–1926) had seven children: Oliver Ignatius Thomas Reardon (1904–1992), Mary Cecilia Reardon (1908-1989), Joseph P. Reardon (1910–2006), James Albert Reardon (1914–2007), John William Reardon (1915–1961), Francis Xavier Reardon (1916–1969), and Roger A. Reardon. The family is well known for establishing a mortuary in Ventura, as well as others in Oxnard and Simi Valley. The family also had several musicians. Oliver Jr. and his mother, Mary, would often play the organ for silent movies screened at the former Liberty Theatre in downtown Ventura. Mary Cecilia was music director at the Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai for some time in the 1930s and 1940s.

Mary Cecilia Reardon was born October 25, 1908. She died on April 25, 1989 at the age of 80. She graduated from Ventura Union High School in 1926 and went on to teach music at the Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai. Oliver Ignatius Thomas Reardon was born on July 30, 1904. He graduated from the Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai and went on to pursue a career in music. He obtained a doctorate degree in music from Emerson University in Boston. He also taught music at Villanova for around 18 years. Reardon joined the Navy in 1942. After retiring from the military, he was an organist at the San Buenaventura Mission in 1984-1985. He never married. He died on July 10, 1992 at the age of 87.