Elaine Joyce (Getty) DeLong was born on May 20, 1925 in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota as the daughter of David James and Arla (Dobbdal) Getty.

After her father's death in 1930, she, her mother and sisters moved to Texas.

On June 30, 1947, Elaine married Jack M. Delong in Bexar County, Texas.

They had two children:

  1. Gayle (DeLong) Powne

  2. Richard K. DeLong

Elaine died on July 7, 2010 at the age of 83 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas and she is buried in the Sam Houston National Cemetery.