When Norma Sylvia Founds was born on 11 September 1923, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, her father, William McKinley Founds, was 30 and her mother, Emma Jane Heskett, was 24. She married James Delmar Renner on 27 July 1946, in Wayne, Indiana, United States. She died on 23 January 1976, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.