Rae Marvilla Andersen Christensen
Rae Marvilla Anderson Christensen, 90, of Provo, Utah passed away peacefully in Oren, Utah on Wednesday, Jue 27, 2012. Rae was born on October 30 1921 in Mt. Pleasant, Utah the second child of Levi Anderson and Mina Merelda Jones. Her youth was spent in Mt. Pleasant, Utah where she was a 1939 graduate of North Sanpete High School and a 1941 graduate of Snow College in Ephriam, Utah. While attending BYU she met Teodore John William Christensen who had recently joined the church in Chicago. They were married November 25, 1942, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple by Apostle George Albert Smith and settled in Provo where Ted worked as a postman.
Together they raised nine children (six boys and three girls). As a mother she taught her children the importance of education responsibility, self-reliance, and a testimony of the Savior. She served faithfully in many church callings and was loved by all who knew her. She loved the gospel, reading, sewing, painting, gardening and enjoyed learning to play the violin.
After graduation from BYU, she taught school in Moroni and Provo. Later, she obtained her special education endorsement and taught in the Granite School District for 19 years. Her gentle loving ways as a teacher and mentor helped many students who loved her dearly.
She is survived by a brother, Jay (Lorraine) Anderson, sisters, Augusta Bea (Bob) Wright and Louise (Lee) Smith, her children, Bryant (Shaunna), Greg (Linda), Sylvia (Roger) Hatch, Christine (Jack) Healy, Albert, Jared (Janet), Benjamin (Darlene), Karen (Peter) Johansson, John (Maurine), 41 grandchildren and 63 great grandchildren.
She was proceeded in death by her parents Levi Anderson and Mina Merelda Jones Anderson Seely, her step father Frank Seely, brothers, Levi (Roma) Anderson, Don Frank (Faye) Seely, Burt (Maxine) Seely, Eugene Seely, sisters, Wilma (Lavoy) Coombs, Catherine (Verno) Guymon, Joann (Jack) Dyer, her husband, and two granddaughters, Vicki Norden and Jessica Curley.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Bonneville 5th Ward (100 South 900 East. Provo, Utah). a viewing for family and friends will also e held on Monday evening July 2, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the same location and on Tuesday morning from 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. prior to services. Internment will be in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery.
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