When Viola Elizabeth Butts was born on 12 June 1920, in San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Leo Everett Butts, was 29 and her mother, Alice Mary Plowman, was 28. She married Vernon Virgil Roberts on 10 May 1933, in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 1 September 1974, in Paramount, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in San Pedro, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.