Fred E. Fling was born on 16 March 1924 in Bradford, PA. He married Shirley Mary Cutting, daughter of Howard Adelbert Cutting and Kathryn Leola Flowers, on 6 September 1975 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH. Fred E. Fling died on 27 October 1987 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.