Story of Dan and Martha Nix dating and wedding

 In the summer of 1972 Dan had just received honorable discharge from the military.  He was dating a woman named Marsha.  She was from a catholic family and was actually in the process of becoming a nun earlier in her life but did not pursue it afterall.  She wanted a Catholic wedding, which would require Dan to join the Catholic faith, which he was in the process of doing.  However. during the engagement they got into an argument and they broke off the engagement.  

In the spring of 1972 Martha was living in Florida.  She was married and the marriage ended in divorce.  Martha decided to move back to the farm in New Haven to tend to her mother who had gotten cancer and help her sister, Norma, who was raising the three boys while attending nursing school at that time.  

Martha was selling Tupperware at that time and a woman she hosted a party with gave Martha the name of Pat Nix to host another party, Dan's mother.  Martha went to Pat's house to deliver a Tupperware item and Dan answered the door.  Dan noticed Martha and decided to call her later that week.  They went out on a date shortly after.  Martha was very nervous about the date.  She had promised herself to not date anyone for a year as she was recently divorced and thought that would be a good thing to do.  However, she noticed Dan as well and decided to proceed with the date.  They had a good time together and Dan began spending time at the farm getting to know Martha's mom and her nephews.  Martha remembers that Dan would spend time with her mother and that made an impact on Martha.  

The months passed and Dan decided wanted to pursue marriage.  The way that Dan proposed was that he asked Martha if they wanted to get their blood tested, apparently that was something that couples did before getting married at that time.  

They set the wedding for September?? at St. Peter's Church in New Haven, Missouri.  They were married  in the church with a very small group present and began their life together.