E. Gene Shumway (1925- ) was born in Arizona on August 17, 1925, to Elijah G. Shumway and Sarah Elizabeth Willis. He joined the U.S. Navy and trained as a pilot during World War II. After the war he studied sociology at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, and went on to work as a social worker and later a university professor. He married Carolyn Blair Shumway on August 18, 1950, and after her death married Argie Shumway. He is the brother of Marjorie and Don L. Shumway.

Don L. Shumway was born in Mesa, Arizona, on October 12, 1920, to Elijah Gill Shumway and Sarah Elizabeth Willis. He attended one year of college and served as a clergyman before enlisting. He was deployed in Germany as a private in the U.S. Army when he was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg on December 12, 1944. He was buried in the U.S. military cemetery in Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

Marjorie Shumway was born on August 5, 1916 in Mesa, Arizona, to Elijah Gill Shumway and Sarah Elizabeth Willis. After graduation she worked for the government as a stenographer, and joined the U.S. Army Women's Army Corp during World War II. She worked in London, Paris, and Nuremburg, and finished her service as a court transcriber at the War Crimes Trials. She achieved the rank of Technical Sergeant. After the war she lived and worked in Los Angeles for many years. Marjorie passed away at 89 year old on July 8, 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona, and was buried with full military honors in Phoenix.