Delores Mae (Heiden) Fitzgerald was born on June 20, 1931 in Monroe, Michigan, the daughter of Edwin "Pete" and Lela (Viets) Heiden. She lived at the family home at 12880 South Custer Road.

She was a 1949 graduate of Dundee High School and 1950 graduate of Elkhart Business University in Elkhart, Indiana. Later she worked as a word processor.

On July 5, 1952, She married Gerald LaVerne Fitzgerald in Indiana. Gerald was born on March 19, 1926 and he died at the age of 60 on January 20, 1987. They had four children.

Deloris died at the age of 79 on November 1, 2010 in Hillsborough County, Florida and was cremated.