When Bernice Mae Ayres was born on 8 August 1894, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, John Daggett Ayres, was 48 and her mother, Catherine Elizabeth Forse, was 41. She married Gregory Pearl Peck on 4 June 1915, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1920. She died on 27 April 1992, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.