When Dorothy Stella Foote was born on 18 June 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, James Hazel Foote, was 32 and her mother, Stella Poulton, was 28. She married George Fred Acord on 28 December 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 21 July 1981, in Foster City, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.