When John Gingeroski was born on 23 July 1920, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Michael Gingeroski, was 35 and his mother, Eva Haydock, was 26. He married Florene Hitchings on 23 February 1957, in Steuben, Indiana, United States. He lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1957 and Cooper, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1991. He died on 10 October 1991, in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.