Cardon Family Reunion
Saturday, August 26, 2017
450 5 100 W, Orem, Utah
“The light shining in darkness”
The Waldensian emblem dates back to 1640. The lighted candle
denotes “the Word of God” while the two branches tied together at
the bottom indicates “Hope, Strength, and Power.”
Welcome descendants of
Philippe & Marthe Marie Tourn Cardon
Anne (1822-1882),Jean (1824-1909), Barthelemi
(1827-1831), Catherine (1829-1902),
Louis Philippe (1832-1911), Marie Madeleine
(1834-1914), Louise (1836-1841),Jean Paul
(1840-1915), Thomas Barthelemy (1842-1898)
Program
10:00 am, chapel
Conducting: Lavor Cardon, Reunion Chair
Presiding: Larry Porter, President
Welcome: Larry Porter
Opening Song: “For the Strength of the Hills”
Chorister: Connie Erdmann Organist: David Cardon
Opening Prayer: Jackie Cardon
PFO Report: Boyd Cardon
Finances: Lavor Cardon
Publications: Ray Blake
Travel: Becky Smith
Speaker: Sam Cardon, descendant of Louis Philippe and Susette Stale; writing music for the Rome temple celebration
Musical number
Speaker: Leon Parson, descendant of Henry Barker and Margaret Stale (Susette Stale’s youngest sister); commissioned to do the artwork in the ordinance rooms of the Rome Italy Temple
Closing Song: “God of Our Fathers” (hymn #78)
Closing Prayer: Dick Cardon
Nursery provided {9:30-12:30)
Pasta bar lunch ($9/person or $30/family) – noon
Displays of Cardon memorabilia and history (gym)
Break Out Sessions
- Leon Parson Q & A (1:00-1:50, 2:00-2:50, Relief Society Room)
- The Siblings Report (1:00-1:50, 2:00-2:50, Primary room). A brief history on the children of Philippe & Marthe
- Philippe & Marthe (Larry Porter)
- Anne (Amber Erdmann)
- Jean (Colleen Blankenship)
- Catherine (Natalie Bluemel)
- Louis Philippe (Grover Cardon)
- Marie Madeleine (Susan Tippets)
- Jean Paul (Karen Mosely)
- Thomas Barthelemy (Kaylene Porter Harding)
- Boyd Cardon & Karen Mosley: the Piedmont Project (1:00-1:50, chapel)
- Stephanie Getter & Linnea Cardon: Cardon History 101 (2:00-2:50, chapel)
- Youth activities-w/ Bob Cardon (1:00 & 2:00, YW room)
- Wild Wonders Exotic Animal Exhibition- with Connie Erdmann (1:00-1:50, 2:00-2:50, stage}
Special thanks to:
Larry Porter (President), Lavor Cardon (Reunion Chair),
Diane Moss (Publicity, Decorations)
Bob Cardon {Temple), Youth Activities)
Christine Deppe (Timeline)
Scott Wheelhouse (Luncheon)
Connie Erdmann (Location, Decorations)
Carl Goodman (Publicity, Website)
Ray Blake (Publications, Registration)
Becky Smith (Travel)
David & Linnea Cardon (reunion co-chairs and 2019 reunion chairs)
Cardon Family Organization Honoree 2017
Becky Cardon Smith
We would like to recognize, honor and thank Becky Cardon Smith for the many, many hours she has put into planning and implementing our Cardon Family trips. So far, she has taken two tour groups to Italy to visit the Cardon ancestral sights. A trip to Mexico to the Mormon colonies where some of the Cardons moved. A trip to Logan and Piedmont, Wyoming where Madeline and Catherine moved. Two trips to LDS history sites in New York, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois and she is planning another trip in 2018.
Becky’s father Louis Bellamy taught French and European History and BYU. When Becky was 12 the family lived in France for a year, where she attended French public schools for the 6th grade. She was lucky enough not to catch whooping cough with her younger brother and sister, but she did catch the travel bug. The family spent months traveling around Europe in a VW camping bus.
Four years later her family returned to France when Louis taught again with the BYU Semester Abroad program. Becky again attended French public schools and added to her extensive collection of – European toilet paper.
While attending BYU she planned her 1st tour, taking two friends, buying Eurail passes and traveling all around Europe staying in youth hostels.
While Becky and her husband Greg were raising their four children, they went on a trip to LDS Church history sites. Becky looked for a guidebook to help her plan her trip but found only history books. So, recognizing a need, she decided to write her own guidebook, thus began the LDS Family Travel Guidebook to Independence, Nauvoo and Winter Quarters. It filled a need (they call it the purple bible in Nauvoo), and this was soon followed by the LDS Family Travel Guide to Sharon, Palmyra and Kirtland.
It is a good thing that Greg is so supportive of Becky’s interests as they continually travel to update the information in her books.
They also both share a passion for Family History work and have traveled several times to Wisconsin and even Norway working on Greg’s family lines. Greg knows now whenever they pass a cemetery to ask, “Do we need to stop, who’s buried here”? We have all benefited from her Grateful for Our Dead tours and are extremely grateful for her time and talents she is so willing to share with us. She has also served on many of the committees that have put together the Cardon Families’ reunions and I sure appreciate the effort and all the work that she does and has done for this reunion.
Sam Cardon Introduction
by Greg Smith
It is my great privilege to introduce Sam Cardon this morning. Sam is a modest guy. I texted him earlier and said, “Do you have a bio you could send over that I could read”? And he said, “Heavens no”!
So, I’m going to embarrass him anyway. It is great that Sam is here, he is a Cardon. He served his mission in Milan, Italy, how appropriate is that? Sam was born in Durango, Colorado and raised in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from BYU in media composition, that is what his degree was. Sam is an award-winning media composer. He has won numerous Emmy awards. He has composed the music for more than 85 different types of Imax films. He composed the music for the winter games in 88 in Calgary and also for the 2002 winter games here in Salt Lake City. But who cares about that stuff. What you need to know about Sam is that Sam is a great husband, father, grandfather, friend and, at this time, most importantly, he is the outstanding bishop of the Provo YSA 184th Ward.
Leon Parson Introduction
by Boyd Cardon
It is my privilege to introduce Brother Leon Parson. Forty-Seven years ago, when my wife and I moved to Rexburg, we were in the same ward and the Parson’s family. And it was quickly that we discovered our connection with the Parson’s, that Leon’s mother was a Barker. Henry Barker married Marguerite, the younger sister of Susette Stalé. So, we have a common ancestor in Jean Pierre Stalé and his wife. It has been a real privilege to associate with the family, Oliver Parson, his father, was in an office nearby there at Rick’s college. I was in the math department, and he was in the art department. But we had a great connection. Leon was our home teacher for twenty years and we are in the same stake still. We haven’t moved but we keep being put in different wards. It is my privilege to introduce Leon and welcome him here. He is a very sensitive spirit and I’m sure you will enjoy his presentation.