Born November 14, 1894, Virona Marie Cieutat was the sixth child and third daughter born to Victor Cieutat and Josephine Spitzfaden. She grew up in St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana.
Marie worked as a sales lady in a department store in her 30s.
Marie ("Nanan" to her nieces and nephews) died in August of 1966 at the age of 71.