When William Wayne Ridenour was born on 20 March 1910, in Black Hawk, Gilpin, Colorado, United States, his father, William Anderson Ridenour, was 41 and his mother, Floda Belle McKown, was 34. He married Helen Ada Bond on 11 April 1931, in Columbia, Oregon, United States. He lived in Polk, Oregon, United States in 1920 and Santa Rosa, Riverside, California, United States in 1984. He died on 2 October 1984, in Sonoma, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 74.