For almost 93 years, Rita Master lived two very different lives.

There was the life that she was born into in London, England, in 1932, and then there was the one she made for herself when she moved to Winnipeg in the early 1980s, where she lived until her death on March 6.

The mother of two and grandmother of three had endless stories to share, and her family remained at the centre of each one.

In the early years in London, along with her older sister, Rita helped at her father’s market stall and at her mother’s kosher café. The family was poor but they had a strong work ethic, persistence and a dream to rise above.

With the looming threat of war, the girls, like many children during that time, were evacuated to the countryside. When their parents saw the conditions they were living i

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