When Richard Lapee was born in December 1896, in Richwoods, Washington, Missouri, United States, his father, Eugene Alexander Lapee, was 44 and his mother, Lena Clementine Thebeau, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Bessie Lapee. He lived in Dudley Township, Haskell, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died in 1958, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Melrose, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.