"She was an incredible mother; always a peaceful person," daughter Marilyn Moss Armstrong said Sunday. "She supported my dad all the way in all that he did."

Moss stood by her husband as he served as a Salt Lake City judge, an Army JAG officer in World War II and later as a U.S. senator.

Ted Moss, a Democrat, was in office from 1959 to 1977, and was succeeded by current Sen. Orrin Hatch. Ted Moss died Jan. 29, 2003.

Family will celebrate the life of Phyllis Moss at noon today during a funeral at the Federal Heights LDS Ward building, 1300 E. Fairfax Road.

In a condolence e-mail sent to the mortuary handling her funeral, former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson called Moss her own "amazing institution."

"She was the kind of person you loved running into at a big gathering," Wilson wrote, according to son Ed Moss. "You know, an island of relief from the pressure of people that took effort to be around."

Armstrong described her mother as a talented woman who insisted on order and discipline, but did everything in a kind way.

When money was tight during World War II, Moss made clothes for her children and learned how to reupholster furniture.

Armstrong said her mother and friends all wanted to reupholster their furniture, but couldn't afford the class. So they pooled their money together and sent Moss, who then turned around and taught everyone else.

Ed Moss said his mother endured to the end and never complained, outliving all 10 of her siblings and their spouses.

"I never heard her say an unkind thing about anybody," he said.