Levane Oscar Cook was born February 26, 1909 to Elmer and Jennie Cook. Nine days before Levane turned three years old, his father died in Cheboygan, Michigan.

Levane married Elizabeth M. McDonald after 1940, and had at least two children - Curtis and Jennie.

Levane was a Tec5 in World War 2.  He died in 1976, and Elizabeth died in 2012.