Lilyus Millicent Curtis Page was born June 10, 1859 in Payson, Utah. She was the daughter of George and Emma Whaley Curtis. As a child she was rather delicate. She had very dark blue eyes, black hair, and olive complexion. She was baptized into the LDS Church when she was eight years old. As she grew older, she became an active worker in its organizations.

She received her education in the Payson Schools. In her early girlhood she learned to make artificial flowers. This was not only a source of pleasure to her, but it became a financial gain as well. She also learned telegraphy and was an operator for the Desert Telegraph Company. Much of her time was spent as a clerk in the George W. Hancock Store, with a salary of Two Dollars a week. Later she worked at the Co- Store for Twenty Dollars a month.

She married Jonathan Socwell Page Jr. on May 23, 1878. Soon after their marriage they settled in Grass Valley, Utah, where she taught school and assisted her husband in the mercantile business. Two of their children Emma and Mary were born there. In 1883, after a severe winter in which most of all their cattle were frozen, they moved back to Payson, Utah. Which has been their home since.

Lily shared in all the business and religious activities of her husband. When he became the President of the new Nebo Stake, she was also chosen to be the Stake Relief Society President. She filled the calling with credit for several years when she was released on account of ill health. She was called later to be a member of the Relief Society Board. She held this office until her demise.

She was a kind and considerate mother to her children of whom there were eight. She and her husband were a very congenial couple. It was said that he never had a financial move without consulting her. At social functions, if her health permitted, their lives were so closely interwoven that it is difficult to speak of one without the other. It was a pleasure to spend an evening in their home. Jonathan and Lilyus children are, Emma, Lillian, Mary, Jonathan S. III (Don), Arza Curtis, Eva, George Wilford, Earl Leaver, and Anne.

Jonathan Socwell Page Jr. was a prominent man in Utah County. He held many positions of trust in Payson, Utah and was one of the first promoters of the Strawberry Irrigation Project. He later became President of the Strawberry High Line Canal Company.