William T. Rae 1860 - 1942
RAE, SNYDER
Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/22/2016 at 09:11:21
Sioux City Journal
17 August 1942Death Claims William T. Rae
Department Store Employe Here 56 Years Answers CallA resident of Sioux City 56 years, William T. Rae, 82, of 2000 Court Street, died in a hospital Sunday morning after a brief illness. He was employe of Davidson Bros. department store here 56 years.
Mr. Rae was born April 24, 1860, in Aberdeen, Scotland. He moved to the United States with a sister at the age of 9. They settled at Dwight, Illinois, where he grew up to manhood. Later he moved to Cherokee, Iowa and clerked in a store there until 1886 when he came to Sioux City.
During his 56 years in the employ of Davidson’s, Mr. Rae worked mostly in the ready-to wear department.
Mr. Rae’s wife, Mrs. Nette Snyder Rae, died August 28, 1933. A son, Ernest, died five years ago.
Surviving are a son, Herbert of Minneapolis; six grandchildren, including Robert, studying for the ministry at Chicago, and Harrison, with the A.E.F. in Northern Ireland, and three great-grandchildren.
The body was taken to the Westcott-Doughty-Chandler Funeral Home.
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