When Josephine Larue "Jo" Lewis was born on 20 February 1925, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, Francis Vernon Lewis, was 26 and her mother, Pauline Rebecca Engle, was 23. She lived in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States for about 67 years. She died on 6 June 2007, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States.