Cleo Rasmussen Moss

Cleo Rasmussen Moss passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, December 3, 2019.  Cleo was the queen of hosting parties, dinners, and get-togethers, and we can only imagine the grand celebration she’s having now in heaven with her husband (Robert Eldredge Moss), son (Robert Clark Moss), sister (Kay Rasmussen Hall), and parents (Clark Martin Rasmussen & Sarah Ellen “Peggy” Turner).  Cleo leaves behind three daughters, Linda (Steve) Hill, Diane Hawkes, Julie Moss, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. 

Cleo was born July 30, 1932 in a little white house in the small, Danish town of Mantua, Utah.  While attending Utah State, she met and married the love of her life, Bob.  Shortly after Bob graduated, the US army assigned him to Manheim, Germany.  The experience of living abroad infected Bob and Cleo with the travel bug, and they explored Europe during the time they were stationed there.  After Bob was released from duty, they settled in Bountiful, Utah.  Even though they lived in the same house for over 60 years, Bob and Cleo had a passion for traveling, and enjoyed exploring the world together, from the Great Wall of China to the rain forests of Ecuador.  They also loved spending time with their family at their St. George condo and cabin in Midway. 

Cleo was a voracious reader.  As a child, Cleo would sneak flashlights into bed to stay up late into the night to finish a book.  She would even hide popular 1940’s spy novels that her parents didn’t approve of under her bed!  Second to her family, there was nothing Cleo loved more than diving into a good book.  So much so, that she would start to panic if she didn’t have a second novel picked out and ready to read before she finished her current book.  

Once you made friends with Cleo, you had a friend for life.  Cleo was a true and loyal friend.  She maintained strong and dedicated relationships throughout her life, some for 75 years with friends she had had since junior high.          

More than anything, Cleo adored her family.  Her family was the most important thing in the world to her.  Cleo was a limitless source of love and support to each of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.  Her favorite way to show that love to her family was through food.  Cleo loved hosting dinner parties.  All Thanksgiving dinners paled in comparison to Cleo’s magnificent banquets.  Cleo would have nothing to do with paper plates.  She was an old school entertainer and loved serving meals with sterling silver cutlery, fancy goblets and gold-rimmed China.  Cleo’s loving meals and family get-togethers will be missed.        

Cleo’s doctors said that there was something wrong with her heart, but everyone knew that to be bogus. Cleo had a heart as big and as golden as the Christmas tree in her living room!  Yes, Cleo radiated a pure, unconditional, and Christlike love towards everyone around her.  She was an exceptional example of patience, sacrifice, unequivocal love, and positivity in the face of tribulation.  X O X O    

A celebration of Cleo Moss’ life will be held Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. at Russon Mortuary, 295 North Main Street, Bountiful, where friends and family may visit from 1:30 to 2:15 prior to the service.