When Owen Hale Halverson was born on 1 July 1919, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Alfred Gustave Halverson, was 27 and his mother, Myrtle Madeline Mabie, was 21. He married Betty Lois Davis on 17 February 1947, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 27 February 2003, in Capistrano Beach, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 83.