Clea Beth Whatcott Dutson Ashton
1926 - 2013
Early Life: Clea was born July 19, 1926, in Lynndyl, Utah, to Lenox Irvin and Martha Marie Nielson Whatcott, the fourth of six children. Clea was raised in Lynndyl and Kanosh, Utah. As a child, she loved to play games with her brothers, like "Run Sheep Run" and "Hide and Go Seek", in her father's prize corn and sugar beet patches. From her childhood on, Clea loved drama, "When I was a child, my stage was the open door of our grainery and my father's hay rack, my audience consisted of my friends. My script was all made up in my mind. I gave a lot of humorous monologues in high school and the Railroad 'Safety First' meetings in my hometown." When she 17 years old she was voted Queen of the Gold & Green Ball for the Deseret Stake. She graduated from Delta High School in 1944.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She worked in the filing department at the "Improvement ERA" office in Salt Lake City. She also worked at a variety store in Texas and at Hunters Point in San Francisco as clerk typist. One of the biggest turning points in her life was when she met the love of her life, John "Jack" Stubbs Ashton, on a blind date. On that blind date, she soon realized that he had all the qualities she wanted in a husband. The next morning, John told someone in his family that Clea was the girl he was going to marry. Four and a half months later they were married. They had a happy marriage consisting of fishing, supporting each other in their church callings and traveling in their 5th wheeler. Jack passed away in 2003, Clea has missed him every day since his passing and their loved ones are happy they are once again united. Clea loved to go with her husband when he was over the senior citizens and visit with the elderly. She was hostess at the BYU Education Week for several years. When she was 15, she was called to be a Sunday School teacher; as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she has served in just about every position in the Church that a woman can hold including Relief Society president. Clea was also editor of the monthly ward newsletter "Hillside Highlights" for four years. If Clea could travel anywhere she would go to all the places Prophet Joseph Smith lived. She would return to Nauvoo again where her son took her after Jack passed away. Her favorite hobbies were oil painting and drama. She enjoyed going to the theatre to see plays. Clea loved the statement given by Joseph B. Worthlin: "That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come." Clea is now having her Sunday. Clea Beth Whatcott Ashton passed away Wednesday morning, August 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family.
Survived By: Her four boys and one stepson: Bryan (Sue), Keith (Pam), Jim (Lisa), Wade (Brenda) and Michael; 29 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren including spouses; two brothers, Darold (Charlotte) & John (Connie).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, parents, two brothers and one sister.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont Stake Center | Provo, Utah
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | 8 Aug 2013
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1926 - 2013
Early Life: Clea was born July 19, 1926, in Lynndyl, Utah, to Lenox Irvin and Martha Marie Nielson Whatcott, the fourth of six children. Clea was raised in Lynndyl and Kanosh, Utah. As a child, she loved to play games with her brothers, like "Run Sheep Run" and "Hide and Go Seek", in her father's prize corn and sugar beet patches. From her childhood on, Clea loved drama, "When I was a child, my stage was the open door of our grainery and my father's hay rack, my audience consisted of my friends. My script was all made up in my mind. I gave a lot of humorous monologues in high school and the Railroad 'Safety First' meetings in my hometown." When she 17 years old she was voted Queen of the Gold & Green Ball for the Deseret Stake. She graduated from Delta High School in 1944.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She worked in the filing department at the "Improvement ERA" office in Salt Lake City. She also worked at a variety store in Texas and at Hunters Point in San Francisco as clerk typist. One of the biggest turning points in her life was when she met the love of her life, John "Jack" Stubbs Ashton, on a blind date. On that blind date, she soon realized that he had all the qualities she wanted in a husband. The next morning, John told someone in his family that Clea was the girl he was going to marry. Four and a half months later they were married. They had a happy marriage consisting of fishing, supporting each other in their church callings and traveling in their 5th wheeler. Jack passed away in 2003, Clea has missed him every day since his passing and their loved ones are happy they are once again united. Clea loved to go with her husband when he was over the senior citizens and visit with the elderly. She was hostess at the BYU Education Week for several years. When she was 15, she was called to be a Sunday School teacher; as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she has served in just about every position in the Church that a woman can hold including Relief Society president. Clea was also editor of the monthly ward newsletter "Hillside Highlights" for four years. If Clea could travel anywhere she would go to all the places Prophet Joseph Smith lived. She would return to Nauvoo again where her son took her after Jack passed away. Her favorite hobbies were oil painting and drama. She enjoyed going to the theatre to see plays. Clea loved the statement given by Joseph B. Worthlin: "That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come." Clea is now having her Sunday. Clea Beth Whatcott Ashton passed away Wednesday morning, August 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family.
Survived By: Her four boys and one stepson: Bryan (Sue), Keith (Pam), Jim (Lisa), Wade (Brenda) and Michael; 29 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren including spouses; two brothers, Darold (Charlotte) & John (Connie).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, parents, two brothers and one sister.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont Stake Center | Provo, Utah
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | 8 Aug 2013
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Clea Beth Whatcott Dutson Ashton
1926 - 2013
Early Life: Clea was born July 19, 1926, in Lynndyl, Utah, to Lenox Irvin and Martha Marie Nielson Whatcott, the fourth of six children. Clea was raised in Lynndyl and Kanosh, Utah. As a child, she loved to play games with her brothers, like "Run Sheep Run" and "Hide and Go Seek", in her father's prize corn and sugar beet patches. From her childhood on, Clea loved drama, "When I was a child, my stage was the open door of our grainery and my father's hay rack, my audience consisted of my friends. My script was all made up in my mind. I gave a lot of humorous monologues in high school and the Railroad 'Safety First' meetings in my hometown." When she 17 years old she was voted Queen of the Gold & Green Ball for the Deseret Stake. She graduated from Delta High School in 1944.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She worked in the filing department at the "Improvement ERA" office in Salt Lake City. She also worked at a variety store in Texas and at Hunters Point in San Francisco as clerk typist. One of the biggest turning points in her life was when she met the love of her life, John "Jack" Stubbs Ashton, on a blind date. On that blind date, she soon realized that he had all the qualities she wanted in a husband. The next morning, John told someone in his family that Clea was the girl he was going to marry. Four and a half months later they were married. They had a happy marriage consisting of fishing, supporting each other in their church callings and traveling in their 5th wheeler. Jack passed away in 2003, Clea has missed him every day since his passing and their loved ones are happy they are once again united. Clea loved to go with her husband when he was over the senior citizens and visit with the elderly. She was hostess at the BYU Education Week for several years. When she was 15, she was called to be a Sunday School teacher; as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she has served in just about every position in the Church that a woman can hold including Relief Society president. Clea was also editor of the monthly ward newsletter "Hillside Highlights" for four years. If Clea could travel anywhere she would go to all the places Prophet Joseph Smith lived. She would return to Nauvoo again where her son took her after Jack passed away. Her favorite hobbies were oil painting and drama. She enjoyed going to the theatre to see plays. Clea loved the statement given by Joseph B. Worthlin: "That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come." Clea is now having her Sunday. Clea Beth Whatcott Ashton passed away Wednesday morning, August 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family.
Survived By: Her four boys and one stepson: Bryan (Sue), Keith (Pam), Jim (Lisa), Wade (Brenda) and Michael; 29 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren including spouses; two brothers, Darold (Charlotte) & John (Connie).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, parents, two brothers and one sister.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont Stake Center | Provo, Utah
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | 8 Aug 2013
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1926 - 2013
Early Life: Clea was born July 19, 1926, in Lynndyl, Utah, to Lenox Irvin and Martha Marie Nielson Whatcott, the fourth of six children. Clea was raised in Lynndyl and Kanosh, Utah. As a child, she loved to play games with her brothers, like "Run Sheep Run" and "Hide and Go Seek", in her father's prize corn and sugar beet patches. From her childhood on, Clea loved drama, "When I was a child, my stage was the open door of our grainery and my father's hay rack, my audience consisted of my friends. My script was all made up in my mind. I gave a lot of humorous monologues in high school and the Railroad 'Safety First' meetings in my hometown." When she 17 years old she was voted Queen of the Gold & Green Ball for the Deseret Stake. She graduated from Delta High School in 1944.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: She worked in the filing department at the "Improvement ERA" office in Salt Lake City. She also worked at a variety store in Texas and at Hunters Point in San Francisco as clerk typist. One of the biggest turning points in her life was when she met the love of her life, John "Jack" Stubbs Ashton, on a blind date. On that blind date, she soon realized that he had all the qualities she wanted in a husband. The next morning, John told someone in his family that Clea was the girl he was going to marry. Four and a half months later they were married. They had a happy marriage consisting of fishing, supporting each other in their church callings and traveling in their 5th wheeler. Jack passed away in 2003, Clea has missed him every day since his passing and their loved ones are happy they are once again united. Clea loved to go with her husband when he was over the senior citizens and visit with the elderly. She was hostess at the BYU Education Week for several years. When she was 15, she was called to be a Sunday School teacher; as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she has served in just about every position in the Church that a woman can hold including Relief Society president. Clea was also editor of the monthly ward newsletter "Hillside Highlights" for four years. If Clea could travel anywhere she would go to all the places Prophet Joseph Smith lived. She would return to Nauvoo again where her son took her after Jack passed away. Her favorite hobbies were oil painting and drama. She enjoyed going to the theatre to see plays. Clea loved the statement given by Joseph B. Worthlin: "That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come." Clea is now having her Sunday. Clea Beth Whatcott Ashton passed away Wednesday morning, August 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family.
Survived By: Her four boys and one stepson: Bryan (Sue), Keith (Pam), Jim (Lisa), Wade (Brenda) and Michael; 29 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren including spouses; two brothers, Darold (Charlotte) & John (Connie).
Preceded In Death By: Her husband, parents, two brothers and one sister.
Services: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: Edgemont Stake Center | Provo, Utah
Arrangements: Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | 8 Aug 2013
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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