Alice Jurkat was born Alice Marguerite Bromagem in Xenia, Ohio, on August 13, 1880. She attended Cedarville College in Cedarville, Ohio, and graduated in 1903 with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. On August 26, 1903, she married Frank Jurkat, a faculty member serving at Cedarville College since 1895. The Jurkats continued to serve at Cedarville College until Frank’s death in 1954. The Jurkats had one son, Elmer Charters Jurkat, born in 1901. Widowed in 1954, Alice lived until 1969. She is buried alongside her husband in Massie Creek Cemetery, Cedarville, Ohio.