When Clifford Anthon Kanter was born on 26 September 1918, in Deuel, Nebraska, United States, his father, Edward John Kanter, was 35 and his mother, Clara Marie Anderberg, was 29. He married Ruby Dorothy Davison in November 1945. He lived in Swan Election Precinct, Deuel, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He died on 25 June 1983, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Berea Lutheran Cemetery, Chappell, Deuel, Nebraska, United States.