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Full Name
  
Emma Ray Riggs

Name
  
Emma McKay

Education
  
Children
  
7

Spouse
  
Emma Ray McKay httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu
Born
  
June 23, 1877Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States (
1877-06-23
)

Resting place
  
Salt Lake City Cemetery40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W / 40.777; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)

Parents
  
Obadiah Higbee RiggsEmma Louisa Robbins

Died
  
November 1970, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Similar People
  
David O McKay, Thomas E McKay, George Albert Smith, Heber J Grant, George Q Cannon

Emma Ray Riggs McKay (June 23, 1877 – November 14, 1970) was a humanitarian, music patron, and the wife of David O. McKay, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1951 to 1970, with whom she traveled the world engaged in charitable and religious work.

Known as "Ray" throughout her life, McKay was born Emma Ray Riggs in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. She attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to study piano performance. After returning to Utah, she was one of six students to be awarded degrees from the University of Utah in 1898 where she had attended the Department of Music. Both her parents, Emma Louise Robbins and Obadiah H. Riggs, taught at the University.

While teaching at Madison Elementary School in Ogden, Utah, David O. McKay proposed marriage to her.

The McKay Music Library at the University of Utah is named in her honor.

Recognitions

  • Utah Mother of the Year Award
  • honorary doctorate in humanities from Utah Agricultural College
  • Distinguished Achievement Award from Ricks College
  • Outstanding Woman Award from Brigham Young University
  • Eternal Quest of Womanhood Award from Utah State University
  • References

    Emma Ray McKay Wikipedia


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