From an autobiography handwritten by Rosa Spackman when she was about 75 years old:

Rosa May Call Spackman was born and raised in Star Valley, Wyoming. Her parents were university educated. Her father was a school teacher and a master carpenter. Her mother had great faith in Heavenly Father. She was an organist in the Church. Rosa's father was a Mormon polygamist and had been counseled by Church leaders to move his families to Star Valley to escape the Federal marshalls. The winters were hard and long. Life was primitive - no running water, no electricity, and no motor vehicles.

Rosa began working in the Star Valley Hospital while she was still in High School. She took care of the patients - changing their bandages and bathing them, taking their temperature, and keeping the charts. She also helped with the operations. These nursing skills were valuable in 1918 during the flu epidemic. By that time, Rosa was living in Ogden with a family while she worked at a store. Rosa became very sick with the flu. It caused a gradual hearing loss throughout her life. After she recovered, she nursed the family she was staying with and then many others. She was working as a nurse and taking a correspondence course in teaching when she was hired in a school in Lewiston, Utah.

It was in Lewiston that Rosa met Hazen Spackman. They married and he was called on a mission to California for two years. Rosa stayed in Lewiston and taught school to support Hazen until the last six months of his mission when she was called to join him. They never actually worked together. Rosa served was a female companion in the mission.

Hazen and Rosa returned to Lewiston after the mission and started their family. Hazen farmed and they both worked in the Church, Rosa working in the MIA, Relief Society, and Primary.

They eventually retired to Logan and were called on a two year mission to New England. They served under Truman Madsen in Nova Scotia. After returning to Logan, family members would come to stay while attending the University. Hazen worked in the Logan Temple, but Rosa couldn't because of her hearing loss. However, she was able to do sealings each week and serve as a guide on the temple grounds.

After Hazen died in 1975, Rosa lived alone for several years and then went to live with her daughter, Shirley. The last few years were difficult. Rosa suffered with Alzheimers' Disease and heart problems. She died March 22, 1982