Lydia Rae is a daughter of David Arno Fowler and Emeline Victoria Ottesen. She is the third of eight children. Her siblings are David Osmond, Elsie Alegra, Chester Roal, Helen, William Ottesen, Robert Dean, and Lena Virginia. The family moved to Huntington, Utah shortly after her birth. They lived there until Rae was entering her teens when they moved to Brigham City. Disaster struck the family when Rae's father was killed in a car accident in May 1927. After that her mother went to work as the city recorder. Sometime in the 1930s Rae moved to Salt Lake City where she worked as a seamstress in a knitting factory.
Rae married William Eggertz Spillman on June 5, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rae is a cousin to William's second wife, Velma, who had died a year and a half before. Rae moved to Teton, Idaho where William was a rancher and dry farmer. He had four children from his first marriage who were still young. Rae and William became parents to a son born in 1947. Unfortunately he only lived for five hours.
In 1948 William moved the family to Southern Utah where he worked mining uranium until his retirement in 1972. William and Rae moved to Blanding in the fall of 1978 and lived there until shortly before his death in 1983.
From 1983 until her death in 2004, Rae was alone. Her oldest stepson, George, married and lived in Kanab where Rae moved to be close to them.
Rae married William Eggertz Spillman on June 5, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rae is a cousin to William's second wife, Velma, who had died a year and a half before. Rae moved to Teton, Idaho where William was a rancher and dry farmer. He had four children from his first marriage who were still young. Rae and William became parents to a son born in 1947. Unfortunately he only lived for five hours.
In 1948 William moved the family to Southern Utah where he worked mining uranium until his retirement in 1972. William and Rae moved to Blanding in the fall of 1978 and lived there until shortly before his death in 1983.
From 1983 until her death in 2004, Rae was alone. Her oldest stepson, George, married and lived in Kanab where Rae moved to be close to them.
Lydia Rae is a daughter of David Arno Fowler and Emeline Victoria Ottesen. She is the third of eight children. Her siblings are David Osmond, Elsie Alegra, Chester Roal, Helen, William Ottesen, Robert Dean, and Lena Virginia. The family moved to Huntington, Utah shortly after her birth. They lived there until Rae was entering her teens when they moved to Brigham City. Disaster struck the family when Rae's father was killed in a car accident in May 1927. After that her mother went to work as the city recorder. Sometime in the 1930s Rae moved to Salt Lake City where she worked as a seamstress in a knitting factory.
Rae married William Eggertz Spillman on June 5, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rae is a cousin to William's second wife, Velma, who had died a year and a half before. Rae moved to Teton, Idaho where William was a rancher and dry farmer. He had four children from his first marriage who were still young. Rae and William became parents to a son born in 1947. Unfortunately he only lived for five hours.
In 1948 William moved the family to Southern Utah where he worked mining uranium until his retirement in 1972. William and Rae moved to Blanding in the fall of 1978 and lived there until shortly before his death in 1983.
From 1983 until her death in 2004, Rae was alone. Her oldest stepson, George, married and lived in Kanab where Rae moved to be close to them.
Rae married William Eggertz Spillman on June 5, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rae is a cousin to William's second wife, Velma, who had died a year and a half before. Rae moved to Teton, Idaho where William was a rancher and dry farmer. He had four children from his first marriage who were still young. Rae and William became parents to a son born in 1947. Unfortunately he only lived for five hours.
In 1948 William moved the family to Southern Utah where he worked mining uranium until his retirement in 1972. William and Rae moved to Blanding in the fall of 1978 and lived there until shortly before his death in 1983.
From 1983 until her death in 2004, Rae was alone. Her oldest stepson, George, married and lived in Kanab where Rae moved to be close to them.
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