When Levina Gerber was born on 10 May 1879, in Wayne, Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel M. Gerber, was 28 and her mother, Dinah Welty, was 22. She married David J. Hofstetter on 8 June 1901, in Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Creek Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Sugar Creek Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 27 October 1954, in Kidron, Wayne, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kidron Mennonite Church Cemetery, Kidron, Wayne, Ohio, United States.