Reding married five times. In 1951, she married George Franklin Hildebrandt, who was also from Missouri. She had twin sons born in the 1950s. Another husband was attorney Reese Hale Taylor Jr.; they married in 1962 and divorced in 1964. Her last husband was executive Herbert Hutner; they were married from 1969 until his death in 2008. She died in Springfield, Missouri on September 16, 2021, at the age of 85.
