When Erma Cora Holsopple was born on 21 October 1898, in Paint Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Leslie Holsopple, was 24 and her mother, Elvie Lydia Johns, was 23. She married Lloyd Richard Seese on 30 October 1920, in Davidsville, Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Paint, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 October 1949, in Windber, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Windber, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.