When Elizabeth C. Geary was born on 17 March 1902, in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Philip E Geary, was 25 and her mother, Veronica Kress, was 24. She married Donald John Punke on 8 November 1922, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. She died on 5 November 1993, in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States.