When Mae Valetta Blecker was born on 5 April 1885, in Ogle, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel Henry Blecker, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Miller, was 32. She married Olin Franklin Young on 1 February 1905, in Ogle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Cummins Township, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Swan Lake Township, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 10 November 1969, in Laurens, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Laurens Cemetery, Laurens, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States.