When Dwight Lyman Pressler was born on 13 December 1901, in Weld, Colorado, United States, his father, James Knox Post Pressler, was 55 and his mother, Mary Alice Austin, was 37. He married Ruth Edna Osborn on 11 September 1920, in Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Denver, Colorado, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 July 1969, in Reseda, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.