When Arthur Raymond Sirels was born on 29 June 1906, in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, his father, Arthur James Sirels, was 27 and his mother, Minnie Caroline Huck, was 26. He married Mary Beatrice Hadley on 14 August 1928, in Indiana, United States. He lived in Pigeon Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 30 August 1953, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States.