When Lucille Alice Van Matre was born on 17 April 1901, in Indiana, United States, her father, William Jefferson Van Matre, was 23 and her mother, Bessie Ellen Russey, was 21. She married Anthony Nicholas Dres on 25 September 1921, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 29 October 1992, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 91.