When Wilbur Eugene Shorthouse was born on 1 October 1929, in Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, his father, Charles Daniel Shorthouse, was 28 and his mother, Rebecca Gayle Ranney, was 31. He lived in Castleford, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Castleford Election Precinct, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 23 November 2013, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Restlawn Memorial Gardens, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.