When Henry Thoene was born on 5 March 1905, in Waynesville, Pulaski, Missouri, United States, his father, August Thoene, was 39 and his mother, Lydia Johanna Catherina Moellering, was 27. He married Mary Rose Loretta Moeller about 1930, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 24 August 1976, in Waynesville, Pulaski, Missouri, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Upper Loutre Township, Montgomery, Missouri, United States.