Angleman was born in Sayre, Oklahoma, USA on 4 October 1908 to Frank and Maud (Welch) Cheves. She was one of seven siblings. Her father had a homestead 12 miles out of town and the family lived off the land.

In 1934, Angleman met her husband, Louis, and they married in 1937. He joined the army in 1942, and the couple did a lot of travelling during his years in the military. They were stationed in Japan in 1950 when the Korean War began, and Pauline served as a Red Cross volunteer in a military hospital there. The couple did not have any children.

In 1958, after Louis Angleman retired from the army, the couple bought a home in Corte Madera, California. Louis died in 1990 after 53 years of marriage. Pauline Angleman served as the president of Post 313’s American Legion Auxiliary for ten years before stepping down when she was 103.

Angleman died in Corte Madera, California, USA on 14 October 2021 at the age of the age of 113 years, 10 days.