She was the eldest daughter of Enoch Henry and Susan Frances Walker Eaton.
[1] During the 1930s, Raffetto had a poetry column in the Nevada State Journal that was a popular feature.
She recalled that years earlier she had attempted to write a song about Nevada, but had set it aside.
Raffetto assembled her earlier notes and reworked the song the day before she was to give her performance.
The following afternoon she sang her song "Home Means Nevada" from her hand written script.