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Irving Shanbrom was born on March 16, 1910, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Joseph David Shanbrom and Sarah Berman. His early life unfolded during an era of significant industrial expansion and urban growth in the United States. By 1930, as the nation entered the Great Depression, Shanbrom was in Detroit, Michigan, helping his father, a common practice for young men supporting their families amidst economic hardship. He married Rose Hurwitz on February 14, 1935, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Rose, born in York, Ontario, Canada, on April 15, 1910, worked in the household. By 1940, Shanbrom had established himself as the owner of a retail grocery in Detroit.

Irving and Rose started their family in Detroit. Their first child, Rachel Beatrice, was born in 1936 but died tragically at age seven in March 1944, during the height of World War II, and was buried in Beth Abraham Cemetery. Florence, their second daughter, was born in Michigan in 1938. The family experienced another profound shift with the birth of their son, Ronald G, in Miami Beach, Florida, on February 14, 1945. Rose Hurwitz Shanbrom died just two days later, on February 16, 1945, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, at the age of 34. Despite these personal challenges, Irving Shanbrom continued his work as a retail grocery proprietor in Detroit into the 1950s.

Later in 1945, on September 30, Irving Shanbrom married Rhoda Koperman in Detroit. She kept house. This marriage ended in divorce on July 19, 1950. Shanbrom married for a third time on September 1, 1968, to Lilli Senderoff in Woodbridge, Connecticut. He lived into the late 20th century, a time of significant social and technological change. Irving Shanbrom died on November 17, 1986, in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 76. He was buried there in Emanuel Jewish Cemetery, part of Woodland Cemetery.