Clarice Thompson Tolson

Anna Clarice Thompson Tolson, 71, passed away on January 8, 2007 at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, with her loving family around her. Clarice was born on May 14, 1935 in Logan, Utah to Herman LeRoy and Jennie Buttars Thompson, the oldest of four children. She grew up in Clarkston, Utah with her many friends and family until her family moved to Logan in 1956. She graduated from North Cache High School and Seminary with honors. Clarice married Jon Piers Tolson on June 26, 1959 in Logan, later divorced.

Clarice worked at Walker Bank/First Interstate Bank for almost 30 years as a teller and secretary and loved the friends and customers she worked with. She was a personable and helpful lady, who loved people and was loved in return. She retired from banking and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, friends and attending USU football and basketball games. She was a passionate, devoted Aggie fan and season ticket holder and rarely missed Jazz basketball. Clarice was the treasurer for the Cache Valley Civic Ballet for many years and could always be found in the audience or backstage giving hugs and praise to the dancers. She made friends wherever she went and had a talent for writing notes and cards to those she loved in her beautiful cursive handwriting. Clarice loved music and sang and played the piano beautifully. She also loved crocheting flannel baby blankets for her grandchildren, nieces, nephews and many other lucky babies. Clarice loved and supported her family by attending soccer games, piano recitals, Primary programs and ballet performances.

Clarice was recently in the Logan House Branch Relief Society Presidency and loved to serve and visit with the members there and her good friends in the presidency. She was an ordinance worker in the Logan Temple for five years and loved the service and the wonderful friends she made there. Clarice has attended and served in many callings in the Logan Ninth Ward for over 40 years, including the Relief Society, Jr. Sunday School and as a pianist and chorister. She loves her ward, branch and temple families and has missed being with her many friends through the holidays. Clarice new the true meaning of friendship and love and will be dearly missed by her family, nieces, nephews and countless friends.

Surviving are her two children, Bret Piers (Malinda) Tolson of Nibley, and Angela (Jeffrey) Smart of Salt Lake City; grandchildren Nicole, Heather and Benjamin Tolson and Andrew and Anna Smart; sister, Arba Jean Kerr of Twin Falls, Idaho, and brothers, Tony (Sharon) Thompson of Salt Lake City, and Royce (Jean) Thompson of Bear River City. She is preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Jennie Thompson, her brother-in-law, Lynn B. Kerr and nephew Darren Thompson.

Clarice’s family would like to extend their deep gratitude to the LDS Hospital Respiratory ICU nurses, doctors and therapists who lovingly and carefully watched over her during this last month.

Services will be held Saturday, January 13th at 12:00pm at the Logan Ninth Ward Chapel, 125 East 500 North. Viewings will be held on Friday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center and from 10:00am to 11:30am prior to the funeral service at the Logan Ninth Ward. Memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net