When Mary Josephine Lewis was born on 20 July 1921, in Wells, Elko, Nevada, United States, her father, Preston Lewis, was 23 and her mother, Josephine Alzina Hutchinson, was 18. She married Roy Michael Delaney on 18 October 1941, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Elko, Nevada, United States in 1935 and Township 5, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1940. She died on 21 November 1990, in Grants, Cibola, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Grants, Cibola, New Mexico, United States.