When Irvin Glen Vold was born on 24 April 1898, in Wisconsin, United States, his father, Hans Johansen Vold, was 37 and his mother, Wilhelmina Fredericka Carolyna Geist, was 28. He married Lillian Blondeen Rosenberg on 29 July 1929, in Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Sumner, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States for about 15 years and Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States in 1984. He died on 9 March 1984, in Osseo, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Osseo, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States.