When Erva Maxine Crowe was born on 18 December 1910, in Moscow, Nez Perce, Idaho Territory, United States, her father, Nelson Albertie Crowe, was 23 and her mother, Inez Melissa Martin, was 23. She married Lloyd Fay Rowland on 21 November 1930, in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States. She died on 7 January 1960, at the age of 49, and was buried in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States.