When Isabel Evelyn Aney was born on 25 January 1918, in Rockland, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, her father, William Riley Aney, was 41 and her mother, Maud Minnie Gaylord, was 28. She married Robert Meredith Lees Avery on 31 December 1935, in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Arlington, Virginia, United States in 1940 and Coconut Creek, Broward, Florida, United States in 2000. She died on 7 June 2000, in Pompano Beach, Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 82.