Theo Palmer

Theo Ann Palmer passed away peacefully on July 22, 2024, of complications incident to age at the home of her son in Clearfield Utah. Theo was born in American Fork Utah on February 27, 1937, as the fifth child of seven to Peter Adamson Conder and Theo Adams Conder.

When she was very young the family moved to Ophir Utah, and finally to Tooele Utah where she was raised. She grew up in a large family of modest means but was never want for anything and surrounded by lots of love.

She attended Tooele schools.

Theo married Charles Clingman, (later divorced). They had five children together: Terri (Fred) Martinez, Debra (Lester) Pendleton, Charles (Jana) Clingman, Laura Olsen (Aaron Alberts), and Mark Clingman (Paulena Parks).

While raising five kids she was able to stay at home and focus on her family. She would become co-owner of the “Tooele Bowl” for many years and helped with training and keeping the books and a myriad of other responsibilities. She was involved in multiple other business enterprises as co-owner. Eventually she worked for First Security Bank/Later Wells Fargo, first as a teller, and eventually as a computer researcher. She would retire from Wells Fargo after many successful years.

Mom is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions throughout her life, but her favorite was the many years she spent in the Primary. Always involved in her kids’ activities, she spent countless hours as chauffeur, medic, counselor, tutor, and mediator. Theo possessed talents as seamstress, at embroidery and quilting and many other crafts. Mom was always a comfort and mentor to her family when they needed her and was known for her quiet wit and subtle sarcasm.

Married Van Robert Palmer on Nov. 8, 1982, later sealed together in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She became a loyal Stepmother to Mitchell Palmer and Laura (Chip) Fuller and enjoyed 6 new grandchildren, and 11 new great-grandchildren.

She and Van loved to travel and had lived in Taylorsville UT, Manila UT, Yuma AZ, and eventually back to Tooele.
They shared 35 wonderful years together before Van’s passing on January 8th, 2018.
She is survived by her children, sisters – Janice (Al) Whichelo, Vickie Jones, 18 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Preceded in death by her spouse, parents, sisters - Maxine Conder and Betty Park, Brothers – Frank /Pete Conder and Jack Conder, daughter-in-law Janell Palmer and great-grandson – Kaden Shields

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 31 at 11:00 a.m. at the LDS chapel at 415 W. Apple Street, Grantsville, UT 84029. Friends may call 9:30 a.m. till 10:45 a.m. prior to the service. For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live streamed from Theo’s obituary page at www.tatemortuary.com