When Gene Ross McKee was born on 20 August 1927, in Ronan, Lake, Montana, United States, his father, Earl John McKee, was 23 and his mother, Chloa Evelyn Sullivan, was 21. He married Nell Stoker on 18 August 1950, in Adrian, Malheur, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 19 August 1998, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.