Edna Mullaney Smith was born June 22, 1922, in New York City, New York, to William and Cathleen (McDonnell) Mullaney. She was a secretary for the U. S. Government for 10 years, and lived in Bakersfield, California, for 33 years. In accordance with her family's wishes no services were planned for Edna Mullaney Smith, age 89, who passed away in a hospital in Bakersfield.