When Catherine Kalani Adolpho was born on 14 March 1910, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, her father, William Adolpho, was 31 and her mother, Caroline " Annie Mauna or Lena" VeraCruz, was 28. She married Joaquin Bee on 2 February 1926, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 9 January 1955, in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Diamond Head Memorial Park, Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.