Vivienne Warner Batty Simpson was born on the 7th of January, 1909, to Paul and Lelia May (Allison) Warner, in Denver, Colorado. She attended Clayton Grade School and attended some years in a high school in the public school system. In her teenage years, she began working in a local shop as a sales clerk, and became acquainted with a young man from the neighborhood named George Edward Batty, whom she married in 1930. Her husband was called by his nickname of GEB (Jeb) and was an adventurous young man. He became an airplane pilot in the army, and after his military service, began flying U S Mail and passenger planes for United Airlines.

Vivienne and Geb had two little girls; Barbara born in 1931 and Patty born in 1934. In October of 1935 a tragic accident took Geb's life when his plane crashed near Cheyenne, Wyoming. To give support to their young widowed daughter-in-law Vivienne, Geb's parents, George and Edith Batty agreed to care for the girls. In time, this arrangement became more and more permanent, and George and Edith lovingly raised their granddaughters. Vivienne quickly learned skills in hair-dressing and received her state license. She soon owned her own shop and spent as much personal time with her girls and in-laws as she could.

In 1939 George Batty was transferred to California to manage the Western Union office in San Francisco, while living in San Mateo. Vivienne followed close behind as soon as she could wind down her business and sell her hair salon. She located in Burlingame, as close as possible to her family. She very soon obtained her license in California and began working in the hair dressing business again.

World War II was still raging in 1944 when Vivienne met Walter Simpson, a soldier stationed in the area. They made a good match and on the 23rd of December that year, they were married. When the war ended the following year, Walt was discharged and they made their home in Burlingame, California. While there, their daughter Judy was born in 1946. They then lived for a short time in Redwood City, but later bought a new home in Sunnyvale, California, where they lived for many years. Meanwhile, in 1946, George Batty retired and moved the family to Altadena, California. The distance made it more difficult for Vivienne to see her daughters very often, but they made the trek for visits as often as possible. During the next few years, George Batty had a fatal heart attack in January 1948 and Grandma Batty continued caring for the girls. Barbara married in early 1949, and in the summer of 1950 the decision was made for Patty to move to Sunnyvale to live with her mother. Patty had a wonderful couple of years with her mom, Walt, and little sister Judy before being married in 1952.

Vivienne was a devoted mother, and busy in social and church activities for many years. Judy went away to college and was soon married herself, and in 1987 Walt suffered a series of strokes which ultimately took his life. Vivienne then lived with daughter Patty and her husband Bill until needing special care, at which time she moved to a nursing home, where after about a year she suffered a heart attack and died 12 February, 1996. As she had requested, she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea. All who knew Vivienne loved her and miss her.