Fern Welker was born April 14, 1900 in Bennington, Idaho the daughter of James Albert and Ingre Marie Madsen Welker.  She graduated from Montpelier High School in 1919.  She married Hugh Marion Lyman September 14, 1921 in Salt Lake City.  She died March 18, 1987 in Richland, Washington and was buried in Tooele, Utah.