Milton Bernard Scarseth was born August 22, 1908, in Gale/Galesville, Wisconsin, the son of Marinus and Clara (Evenson) Scarseth. He had two sisters, Ella and Alice. His father was a farmer, who died while Milton was still a child.
In 1936 Milton married Jean Elizabeth Sacia in Decorah, Iowa. The couple had a daughter, Ann. In 1940 the family lived in Gale, Wisconsin, where Milton worked as a farmer.
Milton Scarseth died September 21, 1981, at Coler-Goldwater Memorial Hospital in New York City, and he was buried on Hart Island.
Sources: U.S. Social Security Death Index; U. S. Federal Censuses 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940; and Iowa Marriage Records, 1923-1937.
