Clara was born on October 6, 1928 in Provo, Utah to William Kennedy Seager and Ivy Juanita Nielson Seager. Clara was the oldest of three children. Her family moved many times while she was growing up and lived in many areas of Utah and even California. Price, Utah was one of her favorite places she lived as a teenager and made many friends. Clara told me she used her violin to make friends. Not so much because of her skills, but because of the camaraderie it allowed. Another wonderful memory was living in Fountain Green as a child with her Maternal Grandparents during the Depression. Clara was a graduate of the Holy Cross Hospital Nursing School where she was taught in classroom and hands-on training in the Hospital with the Catholic Nuns. After graduating as a Registered Nurse from Holy Cross Hospital she went to work at the VA hospital in Salt Lake City. During her shifts at the VA Hospital, one of the patients, a handsome young veteran, would assist her while she made her rounds. He would
hold her flashlight while she checked on patients and write her reports. This handsome young veteran happened to be Keith Sanders McRae who was studying at BYU. After a short courtship between Provo and Salt Lake City, she and Keith were sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple on December 14, 1951. After marrying Keith, who was born and raised in Arizona, Clara and Keith moved to Phoenix, Arizona and raised four children. She always loved Arizona, she felt it was Home and lived 53 years in Phoenix. Clara worked as a Registered Nurse for many of those years in Arizona, in hospitals and for private practice doctors. Many would ask Clara for her sound advice in medicine and in matters of life. You could trust her with any secret. She dedicated her life to her Savior and her family. She was strong, dedicated, kind, and loving. She could smile through her constant physical pain and still have a positive attitude about life. She served in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in many capacities. Clara was preceded in death by Keith on September 24, 2000, and is survived by her brothers, David Kennedy Seager of California, Robert Louis (Barbara) Seager of Cedar City, Utah, her children, Anne (Kent) Conger, Joan (Max) Coulliette, Cameron (Teresa) McRae and James (Jayne) McRae. She has 15 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.
Memorial Services will be at Cedarwood in Sandy, Utah on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 10:30 AM. She will be interred at Green Acres Mortuary in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Special thanks to all the staff at Cedarwood in Sandy, Encompass Hospice staff, her friends at Cedarwood and the Crosslands Branch.
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