When Eva Hazel Rossman was born on 30 April 1918, in Armada, Macomb, Michigan, United States, her father, Herbert E Rossman, was 36 and her mother, Hilda E. Bjorndal, was 37. She married Edward Hanks on 6 May 1978, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Linden, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 17 March 2001, in Tehachapi, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 82.