Rita E. Marr was born on July 6, 1898 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Her parents William Henry Marr and Frances W. Heinemann, both born in Lock Haven. Rita's siblings were Elmer, Richard, Stella, Frances and Helen.

Rita E. Marr, 30, and Martin M. Matthews, 36, obtained a marriage license in Brooke County, West Virginia on December 5, 1928. The marriage took place in Pittsburgh on that date.

OBITUARY: Pittsburgh Press, July 18, 1972 - MATTHEWS, On Saturday, July 15, 1972, Rita Marr, wife of the late Martin M.; mother of Mrs. Betty Schaefer, Mrs. Helen Fuge, Mrs. Martha Burgman, Harry B. Matthews and the late Mrs. Mary Foltz; sister of Thomas E. Marr of Calif., Mrs. Frances Wilson of Phila.; also 18 grandchilden and 5 great-grandchildren....