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Clea Rich Morgan Burton
27 Nov 1916 – 12 Sep 2001
| Birth | 27 Nov 1916 |
| Death | 12 Sep 2001 |
| Cemetery | Orem City Cemetery Orem , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Kent/Lynne Yocom/Veteran for Veterans on 24 Jun 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54065680 |
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Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) | 16 September 2001 Obituary: Clea Morgan Burton Clea Rich Morgan Burton passed away September 12, 2001, in American Fork at the age of 84, of natural causes. She was born November 27, 1916, to John Samuel and Ethel Rich Morgan in Liberty, Idaho. She married Alma P. Burton March 15, 1941, in the Logan LDS Tem-ple. They were the parents of five children: Barbara (Art) Barron, David A. (Beth) Burton, Ann (Keith S.) Blake, John C. (Gwen) Burton and James R. (Denise) Burton. Clea graduated from Utah State University and later did graduate studies at Brigham Young University. She taught elementary school and then returned to USU on a fellowship to work in the nursery school program. She co-authored two books with her husband, Alma. They were: For They Shall Be Comforted, and Stories from Mormon History. Her church service included: Stake Primary President; missionary (with Alma) to the LDS Church Visitor's Center, Independence, Missouri; matron of the Manti Temple, and temple ordinance worker in Provo and Mt. Timpanogos Temples. She is survived by her five children; brothers, Elmo R. and Dee R. Morgan; sisters, Beulah R. Sommers, and Arlene R. Smart; 25 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother, Wayne R., and sisters, Thelma and Lenore, and great-granddaughters, Rebekah Wirthlin and KyLee Ann Taylor. Funeral services will be held Monday, September 17, 2001, at 11 a.m. in the American Fork East Stake Center, 825 East 500 North, American Fork, Utah. Friends may call Sunday evening, September 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, Utah and Monday morning at the Stake Center from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. prior to service. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.
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- Thelma Rich Morgan Brown 1907–1931
- Elmo Rich Morgan 1913–2007
- Wayne Rich Morgan 1919–1994
- Lenore Rich Morgan 1921–1937
- Arlene Rich Morgan Smart 1924–2001
- Dee Rich Morgan 1929–2017
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