When Elizabeth Capelle was born on 22 November 1906, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Claire Derwoood Capelle, was 38 and her mother, Jennette Belle Lynts, was 31. She married Merle Akin Hanson on 10 October 1931, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin Territory, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 September 1986, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.