When Blanche Elizabeth Erkens was born on 8 July 1901, in Helena Township, Scott, Minnesota, United States, her father, Joseph Peter Erkens, was 28 and her mother, Mary Susan Peters, was 27. She married John J. Stang in Scott, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sand Creek Township, Scott, Minnesota, United States for about 15 years and Jordan, Scott, Minnesota, United States in 1930. She died on 4 March 1989, in Scott, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Jordan, Scott, Minnesota, United States.