When Urban Fechtmeister was born on 8 December 1904, in Indiana, United States, his father, Andream Fechtmeister, was 34 and his mother, Carolina Vincentia Logel, was 27. He married Catherine Elizabeth Laugel on 23 May 1928, in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States. He died in October 1971, in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States.