When Clifford Clyde Henry Thoene was born on 24 March 1921, his father, John Anthony Thoene, was 35 and his mother, Kathryn C Banertz, was 31. He married Celestine Marie Westermark on 28 December 1953, in McCook, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Cedar, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Precinct 4 Election Precinct, Cedar, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1940. He died on 18 April 1999, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.