When Elke Ella Rindels was born on 1 October 1898, in South Dakota, United States, her father, Jacob Harm Rindels, was 46 and her mother, Bieuwke Langeland, was 37. She married Henry J. Wiersma on 18 July 1918. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Hamlin Township, Hamlin, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 April 1978, in Clear Lake, Deuel, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Clear Lake, Deuel, South Dakota, United States.