Frederick Charles Wegner was born March 8, 1915 in Lenawee County, Michigan. He was the son of Martha (Downing) and Emiel Wegner.

In 1940, he married Ruth Marcelle Ackley and they had four children:

  1. Larry Frederick Wegner
  2. Eugene Alvin Wegner
  3. Dolores Elaine (Wegner) Karapus
  4. Ellen Jeanine (Wegner) Becker

Frederick died on October 19, 2003 at the age of 88 in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan.