Johanna Margaret TeSelle was born in Crawford, Delta County, Colorado on 26 February 1910. Her parents were John Willem TeSelle (1867-1945) and Geertje VanderBeek (1871-1922). She married Jack Clyde Fries (1912-1984) on 23 December 1934 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Johanna died in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana on 3 January 1996.