Mildred Shapley, one of five siblings (the others were all boys) born to
Harlow Shapley and
Martha Betz Shapley, attended the
University of Michigan where she met her future husband, Ralph Matthews. The couple married in 1937, and moved to
Altadena, California in 1945, where they lived for over 30 years and raised three of their four children. A widow, she died four days before her 101st birthday in
Pasadena, California, survived by her four children, including
June Lorraine Matthews, a brother, and a large extended family. ==References==