When La Vera June Simons was born on 30 June 1898, in Illinois, United States, her father, Volney Tyrone Simmons, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Patrica McSell, was 40. She married Peter William Anderton on 23 July 1914, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Robertson, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1920. She died on 21 November 1974, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States.