Lena Roy was born on 10 November 1893 in Quebec, one of five children of Thomas Roy and Alexandria Mousseau. Her mother spoke French exclusively, so Lena grew up speaking French in her home.
The family moved to Idaho in 1897, where she went to school and her father became a US Citizen.
She attended college in Montana for about 18 months following high school. She worked as a buyer at a store in Idaho and later in Montana. When Lena applied to join the Signal Corps, she was living in Montana. She was part of the Seventh Group, and ultimately did not deploy to France.
Upon her return to Idaho, she joined the American Legion. Lena was one of the few women to join the Legion. She lived with her mother and siblings, returning to her work as a sales person at a dry goods store in 1920.
Sometime in the 1920s, she moved with her siblings to Los Angeles. By the Federal Census in 1930, Lena was selling real estate. She lived with her sister, Cora Kelly. In 1931, Lena moved with another sister, Alice Phoebus, to Arizona. They stayed there at least until 1935, and were back in California by 1940.
By 1950, Alice had divorced and both sisters were working at the Naval Base at Point Mugu. Lena had become a telephone operator again, leaving behind the sales career that she had pursued since the war.
By 1971, she had retired and lived in Oxnard, California.
Lena Roy died in March 1980. She was cremated and her ashes scattered at the Conejo Mountain Memorial Park in Camarillo, California.
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