When Vivian Alzada Swank was born on 27 August 1923, in Cedar, Smith, Kansas, United States, her father, Clinton Estol Swank, was 37 and her mother, Alice May Knoll, was 33. She married Richard Franklin Smith on 3 May 1966, in San Diego, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Dor Township, Smith, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 February 2004, in Oxnard, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 80.