When Leone Nathalie Henriette Fengler was born on 19 March 1903, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, her father, Leopold Milton Fengler, was 21 and her mother, Matilda Natalia Schmidt, was 19. She married Harold B Shaffer on 30 August 1928, in King, Washington, United States. She lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States for about 15 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 2 September 1990, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.