Clea Tolley Moss, 93, of Payson, Utah, passed away in Payson on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Clea was born Jan. 11, 1922, in Rigby, a daughter to Ernest Theodore Tolley and Vera June Chandler Tolley. She married Mark Leroy Mattson on June 20, 1945, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Clea worked hard all her life. She loved gardening. Many mornings, she would be outside picking raspberries as her children were waking up. She loved to share her harvest with anyone who came by. Clea liked making homemade candy and continued sending it to her children at Christmas time for many years. The church and serving in the church was always important to her. She helped many and was always willing to go the extra mile. After Etsel passed away, she went on a mission to Nauvoo with her sister. It was at this time she became famous. She was known as the tap dancer in Nauvoo. At the age of 83, she dressed up in her pioneer costume and did a little tap dancing in the musical program performed by the other missionaries. Clea was happy, optimistic and scattered sunshine wherever she went. She was stalwart in every good way. Her family was her greatest happiness. Her legacy is her example of a life well lived as an example to friends and family. Clea married Alma Etsel Moss on Dec. 6, 1986, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. She is survived by her daughter, Marilyn Mattson Hulme of American Fork, Utah; sons, Bruce Mattson of Laguna Hills, Calif., David and Kathy Mattson of Montrose, Colo., Karl and Annette Mattson of Ashton, Mark and Marla Mattson of Vancouver, Wash., Neal and Karen Mattson of Payson, Gene and Christy Mattson of Vancouver and Alma and Trish Mattson of Murreta, Calif.; sister, Deone Tolley Cuthbert; brother, Ernest Theodore Tolley Jr.; 59 grandchildren; and 158 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Theodore Tolley and Vera June Chandler Tolley; husbands, Alma Etsel Moss and Mark Leroy Mattson; sisters, Lois Campbell and Helen Tolley; and brothers, Harold and Donald Tolley. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Eckersell Memorial Chapel, 101 W. Main St., in Rigby. The family will visit with friends from 11:30 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. prior to services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ririe-Shelton Cemetery.
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