When Edla Lucille Vanderwood was born on 5 February 1907, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, her father, William Ana Vanderwood, was 30 and her mother, Bengta ( Bessie) O. Nord, was 28. She married David Andrew Lee on 29 October 1929, in Jefferson, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Mackay, Custer, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 4 December 1952, in Glide, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 45.