When Kenneth Robert Hasselbring was born on 28 March 1922, in Cissna Park, Iroquois, Illinois, United States, his father, William Frederick Hasselbring, was 33 and his mother, Emilie Sophia Maria Ristow, was 38. He married Debbie Nelwyn Ambrose on 3 April 1944, in Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Maywood, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Sunrise Beach, Camden, Missouri, United States in 2008. He died on 19 October 1991, at the age of 69.