When Della Myrtle Lewis was born on 21 June 1896, in Dawson, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, her father, Thedoric Dossie Lewis, was 28 and her mother, Mary Ida Ragains, was 26. She married John Neil Lish on 21 January 1914, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Deer Creek, Sherman, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 5 September 1916, in McCammon, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Norton Cemetery, McCammon, Bannock, Idaho, United States.