Yvonne Bird Rae

October 6, 1927 - January 20, 2017

Yvonne Bird Rae Born: October 6, 1927, Groveland, ID Died: January 20, 2017, North Ogden, UT Mom’s Eulogy (as per her hand) Yvonne Bird Rae, daughter of Curtis and Sarah Bird, was born October 6, 1927. She was born in Groveland, Idaho at the home of her grandparents, John and Mary Hale. When she was 9 days old, her father took her to their home in Lynn, UT. When she was 14 years old, her parents bought a ranch in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, so she could attend high school. World War II was ending when she graduated from high school in 1945. She worked 2 years at Uinta County State Bank as a teller and loan officer. At the age of 21, she served an LDS mission in the Western States Mission for 2 years. When she got home, she met her future husband at a fireside. She married Darrell H. Rae on June 28 1951 in the Logan LDS temple. They have nine children. From 1986 -1994, they served four full-time missions for the LDS Church with a 3-month extension on the fourth one. She served with her husband in the Ogden temple for 3 years. She also served with her husband on two stake missions. She was preceded in death by her parents Curtis and Sarah Bird, her husband Darrell H Rae, her sister, Vonda, two grandchildren, Spencer and Nikki Jo, and a great grandchild,Dixon. She is survived by her brothers Ross and Vearl, and sister Rosemary Livingston, and her children: Owen (Elizabeth), Gainesville, FL; Alan (Ramona), Herriman, UT; Shirleen (Bud Ferguson), Wright, WY; Roger (Susan) Bonney Lake, WA; Becky (Nick LaMarr), Hooper, UT; Pamela (Chuck Klotzer), Winchester Bay, OR; Cathy, Idaho Falls, ID; Gary (Kathryn), Sedalia, MO; Denise (Miguel Herrera), Wesley Chapel, FL and her many grandchildren (33) and great-grandchildren (35). We wish to thank Quail Meadows and Envision Home Health and Hospice for all of the love and care that they gave our mother. Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Monday, January 30, 2017 at the LDS Stake Center located at 3815 North Highway 414, Lyman, Wyoming where a viewing will be held Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and Monday prior to services from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Interment in the Fort Bridger Cemetery.