When Josepha Meanus was born on 22 December 1933, in Warm Springs, Jefferson, Oregon, United States, her father, Clarence Ross Meanus, was 29 and her mother, Lillie Cushinway, was 27. She had at least 5 sons with Chesley Queahpama Yahtin Sr. She lived in Warm Springs, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 2002. She died on 9 February 2002, in Deschutes, Oregon, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Warm Springs, Jefferson, Oregon, United States.