When Gladys Troxel was born on 18 October 1899, in Maryland, United States, her father, Frank J Troxel, was 23 and her mother, Mary Marie Mayer, was 19. She married George Fay on 17 March 1919, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 30 April 1971, in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 71.