When Elmer Friedrich Schluckbier was born on 1 May 1911, in Richville, Tuscola, Michigan, United States, his father, Norman Jake Schluckbier, was 24 and his mother, Bertha List, was 24. He married Norene Wendt on 30 May 1930, in Michigan, United States. He lived in Denmark Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 May 2003, in Alpharetta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 92.