When Wendell Fearby Ryan was born on 16 September 1913, in New York, United States, his father, William Ryan, was 38 and his mother, Grace Fearby, was 35. He married Frances Margaret Lester in October 1939, in Clyde, Galen, Wayne, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Oakfield, Genesee, New York, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1930. He died in October 1979, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 66.