Rae Marvilla Christensen

Rae Christensen
1921 ~ 2012
Rae Marvilla Anderson Christensen, 90, of Provo, Utah passed away peacefully in Orem, Utah on Wednesday, June 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 Ephraim, Utah.
While attending BYU she met Theodore 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 graduating from BYU, she taught school in Moroni and Provo. Later, she obtained her special education endorsment 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 (Shauna), Greg (Linda), Sylvia (Roger) Hatch, Christine (Jack) Healy, Albert, Jared (Janet), Benjamin (Darlene), Karen (Peter) Johansson, John (Maureen), 41 grandchildren and 63 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Levi Anderson & Mina Merelda Jones Anderson Seely, her step father Frank Seely, brothers, Levi (Roma) Anderson, Don Frank (Faye) Seeley, Burt (Maxine) Seely, Eugene Seely, sisters, Wilma (Lavoy) Coombs, Catherine (Verno) Guymon, Joann (Jack) Dyer, her husband, and two granddaughters, Vicki Norden and Jessica Curly.
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 & friends will also be 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. Interment will be in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.walkerfamilymortuary.com