When Lillian Telford was born on 19 March 1899, in Delaware, United States, her father, Foster Telford, was 37 and her mother, Ella Frisbee, was 30. She married Raymond Curtis Utter on 20 October 1920, in Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Walton, Walton, Delaware, New York, United States in 1900 and Hamden, Delaware, New York, United States for about 35 years. She died on 31 August 1987, in Delhi, Delhi, Delaware, New York, United States, at the age of 88.