Rodney Wayne Elmer was born in Weber County, Utah, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping with family and working on cars.
2. He was the 11th among the 16 children of U.S. Army veteran Harvey Arnold Elmer and Helen Marie Bonnett Elmer. Harvey has seven siblings while Helen has nine siblings.
3. He has eight brothers namely Harvey Elmer Jr., Harry Elmer, Richard Elmer, Walter Elmer, Oliver Elmer, William Claude Elmer, Garth Elmer and Daniel Elmer.
4. He has seven sisters namely Helen Elmer, Glenda Elmer, Sally Elmer, Alice Elmer, Bridget Elmer, Elizabeth Elmer and Barbara Elmer.
5. On December 15, 1970, his grandfather William Elmer died in Ogden, Weber County at the age of 75.
6. On December 4, 1974, his grandfather Lester Irwin Bonnett died in Ogden at the age of 70.
7. On October 30, 1979, his grandmother Cecile Elizabeth Allred Elmer died in Ogden at the age of 85.
8. In 1993, his grandmother Lillie Mae Morrill Bonnett died in West Weber, Weber County at the age of 87.
9. On March 1, 2005, his father died at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer.
10. On February 20, 2015, he died in Washington Terrace, Weber County at the age of 55.