Ed Gein was born on August 27 , 1906 .
He is buried next to his family in the Plainfield Cemetery , in a now-unmarked grave. Ed Gein was born in La Crosse County , Wisconsin , USA , on August 27 , 1906 , the second of two boys of George Philip Gein ( 1873–1940 ) and Augusta Wilhelmine ( née Lehrke ) Gein ( 1878–1945Schechter , p . 59 . ) .