When Esther Belle Thompson was born on 19 March 1910, in Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, United States, her father, William W. Thompson, was 39 and her mother, Cora Alice Edgington, was 34. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Ralph Melvin Fifer. She lived in Payette, Payette, Idaho, United States for about 15 years and Ontario Election Precinct 4, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 28 March 1982, in Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Canyon, Idaho, United States.