When Virginia Susan Givens was born on 17 May 1923, in Willoughby, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Raymond Givens, was 27 and her mother, Josephine Rubertino, was 23. She married Peter Gardner Marthens on 11 August 1954, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 9 October 1970, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, at the age of 47.