Clarence R. Mather was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut on November 13, 1926. His parents were Clarence R. Mather Sr. and Quinchette Goss. They had three children, Clarence being the oldest. Clarence joined the Army National Guard for three years and then went west with his dad. He became a long-haul trucker for 40 years. In San Diego he married twice, square danced and left for Prescott where he worked for an auto sales business. He met Tina Griffith at the Mile High Square Dance club and was married on September 19, 2002 and has been happily married for 20 years. Traveling 16 years with Master’s Touch Travel Tours, 15 years of mission work with the Navajo’s and Mexico, 23 years with Habitat for Humanity, driving backroads and active at Word of Life and Heights Churches. He died on May 20, 2022 at 95 and one half years having lived his last 5 years at Las Fuentes Senior Community.