When Eva Ruth Fegley was born on 14 October 1898, in Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Washington Fegley, was 40 and her mother, Emma Jane Bowman, was 39. She married Howard Gilmore Offinger on 8 January 1986, in National City, San Diego, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States for about 15 years and Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1940. She died on 30 March 1989, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 90.