Vivian Maledy

Biography

Vivian Maledy was born Vivian Nunes on December 17, 1927 in Santa Barbara County. She is the youngest of four children and the only daughter. Her parents owned a dairy farm in Casmalia, California. Her father was from the Azores, the Portuguese archipelago, and her mother was born in Cayucos, California within San Luis Obispo County. In June of 1947, Vivian married John Lloyd Maledy. John L. Maledy was part of the Airborne Division of the United States Army and had been stationed in Fort Bragg, …