When Esther Mae Neuman was born on 16 September 1916, in Denver, Miami, Indiana, United States, her father, Jesse Lee Newman, was 23 and her mother, Lula Marie Whitsell, was 21. She married Russell E Sloop on 19 January 1941. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Richland Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Walnut, Marshall, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 20 September 2003, in Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Roann, Wabash, Indiana, United States.