When Mary Esther Wynn was born on 5 February 1896, in Lyons, Rice, Kansas, United States, her father, George Benjamin Mclellan Wynn, was 31 and her mother, Cora Esther Straight, was 21. She married Leo J Ricks on 5 July 1916. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 April 1976, in El Segundo, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California, United States.