When Ruth Celestine Schumacher was born on 13 June 1903, in Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States, her father, William Carl Schumaker, was 27 and her mother, Fredricka Rumbolz, was 22. She married Anton Joseph Wermers on 30 October 1929, in Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Plymouth, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Cross Plains Township, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 April 2003, in Dimock, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 99.