When Lillie Darlene Pemberton was born on 4 February 1907, in Geneseo, Henry, Illinois, United States, her father, John H Pemberton, was 28 and her mother, Sadie Elizabeth Nicely, was 22. She married Kenneth John Sauvain on 4 February 1928, in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. She died on 30 December 1971, at the age of 64.