When Merritt Van Sickle was born on 29 December 1903, in Grant, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Grant Van Sickle, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Zeiglar or Zuglar, was 38. He lived in Pond Creek, Grant, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 23 November 1994, in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States.