When Marlene Fillerup was born on 11 June 1935, in Lapoint, Uintah, Utah, United States, her father, Clesson Jay Fillerup, was 29 and her mother, Hilda Nyberg, was 28. She married Gordon Joel Evans on 16 May 1953, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Uintah, Utah, United States in 1935 and Jensen, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 4 April 1986, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.