When Edna Lee Rhodehamel was born on 7 October 1930, in Delbarton, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, her father, Raymond Ludlow Rhodehamel, was 29 and her mother, Roxey Elliott, was 25. She married Sam Catalano on 12 May 1944, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. She died on 15 April 2002, in Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.