When Raymond Clay Eytel was born on 22 July 1912, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, his father, Charles Clay Eytel, was 25 and his mother, Lily Salina Bayliss, was 31. He married Elva Stella Halstead on 3 July 1942, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 November 2005, at the age of 93, and was buried in Quincy, Grant, Washington, United States.