In 1918 the family moved to the Searchlight mining camp in Clark County Nevada where her father had found a job. She was present when in January, 1919, Maude was killed at home and Queho, a Native American was suspected; he was accused of but never convicted for a number of killings, a story told by Senator Harry Reid in his book Searchlight: The Camp that Didn't Fail.

 In 1920, she lived in Yuma, Arizona with her mother's brother and sister. She married Frank Burch in 1927. They had 7 kids between 1928 and 1943: Wanda, Norma, Joe, Bruce, Lila, Joanne and Frank Kimball. In 1940, the family lived in Casa Grande, Arizona.

 She passed away in October 1979.