Martin Urrutipi was born in 1919 in Spain but his family moved to Argentina due to a plague that killed his sister. He had to start working at a young age after his family lost their farm in the Wall Street crash. At age 20, he met his wife Alcira and had to wait a year to propose due to her young age. They married and had five children, living happily in Llavallol where Martin worked at Firestone until retirement.