Raymond Wendell LeMoyne Nylander was born on 14 Dec 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota as the fifth child of Herman Theodore Nylander and Esther Almina Stomberg. He had five siblings, namely: Myrtle Miriam Almina, Vinard Merlin, Emma TheoNora, Florence Genevieve, and Frederick Eldon Eugene. He died on 29 Aug 1968.

 Raymond Wendell LeMoyne Nylander was buried on 02 Sep 1968 in Siloah Cemetery. He was also known as /Moyne/.