When Blaine Norval Pugmire was born on 2 July 1926, in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Norval John Pugmire, was 19 and his mother, Delila Mildred Lloyd, was 20. He married Virginia Sadie Koning on 3 April 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 2001. He died on 22 June 2002, in Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.