This memorial website was created in the memory of our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Cleah Mortensen, who was born in Bisbee, Arizona on 13th June 1918 and passed away on 7th September 2012, 94 years of age. Cleah was the daughter of Major Lee Brown and Annie Louisa Lillywhite. Cleah's family moved to Virden, New Mexico, shortly after she was born and lived there untill 1924.  She attended grade school and high school in Miami, Arizona, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Mesa, Arizona. After she graduated from high school she completed beautician school and in 1936 started work as a bleautician in Duncan, Arizona. Cleah met and married Marion K Mortensen on December, 1939, in the Mesa Arizona LDS Temple.  Cleah and Marion were longtime residents of Virden, New Mexico. They farmed and ranched there untill 1974, when they retired. Cleah loved being active with her family, supporting all their activities. She loved to camp and fish and spent many years going to girl's camp while serving in the LDS Stake Young Women's presidency. She was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, holding many callings, and served a mission with Marion in the Eastern States Mission.A viewing will be held at Bunker Mortuary, 33 North Centennial Way, Mesa, Az. (phone 480-964-8686) Friday, September 14,2012, from 6 - 8 pm . Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Duncan LDS Chapel, 105 Fairgrounds Rd., Duncan, Arizona, with a veiwing beginning at 12:00 Noon.  Interment will follow in the Virden Cemetary, Virden, New Mexico. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Farnsworth Mortuary of Jerome, Idaho and McDougal's Caldwell Mortuary, Safford, Arizona. (phone: 928-428-1740)