She was born in Bushnell, McDonough County, Illinois, the daughter of John and Louella Mae (Little) Wilson. She married Maurice Edward Keime in 1938. He died on April 8, 1945 in Germany while fighting with the U. S. Army. She later married Joseph Thomas Coretto on May 5, 1945 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
Born in Kewanee, Illinois, he was the son of William and Mary (Mashewitz) Zorowski, and married Kathryn P. Evans on Sept. 5, 1950 in Kewanee, Illinois. He graduated from Visitation High School. He was the owner/operator of the Keway Confectionary Store from 1948 to his retirement in 1984. He was a World War II Army veteran, having served in the Philippines.