When Iva Vera Holtsclaw was born on 13 February 1894, in Fox Creek, Conejos, Colorado, United States, her father, Isaac Fillmore Holtsclaw, was 30 and her mother, Lillie Lorene Sliger, was 33. She married Hyrum Chester Wardle on 27 November 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Whitney, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1930. She died on 10 November 1938, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.