When Opal Iva Crawford was born on 22 December 1923, in East Fairview, McKenzie, North Dakota, United States, her father, Charles Albert Crawford, was 29 and her mother, Lottie May France, was 22. She had at least 1 son with John Frank Latka. She lived in Richland, Montana, United States for about 5 years and Dawson, Montana, United States in 1940. She died on 29 October 2011, in Glendive, Dawson, Montana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Dawson Memorial Cemetery, Glendive, Dawson, Montana, United States.