3 Aug 1898 – 22 Dec 2004
Great-granddaughter of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
Granddaughter of Jean Paul Cardon and Susannah Goudin
Daughter of William Merrill and Lucy Gaudin Cardon
Clarinda Merrill Green, 106- year-old Burley resident died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004.
She was born Aug. 3, 1898, in Richmond, Utah, the daughter of William and Lucy Cardon Merrill. She was the fifth of nine children. She received her education in Richmond and attended Brigham Young University.
She married Davis Green in the Logan Temple in 1924, and moved to Paul where they farmed. Her husband preceded her in death in 1967, and in 1977, she moved to Burley next to her daughter.
Clarinda was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She was active in the Relief Society and had served in both ward and stake positions. She enjoyed quilting and crocheting. She also enjoyed canning for her family. She loved the nineteen winters she spent in Mesa, Arizona. Two of those years she spent as a part time receptionist in the visitor’s center on the temple grounds.
Survivors include her children, Derald (Marie) Green, Verl (Marjorie) Green, and Lucy Jensen, all of Burley, and a daughter-in-law, Joann Jackson of Centerville, Utah; twenty-five grandchildren; eighty-eight great grandchildren; and twenty-two great great grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Davis Merrill Green and Averill Merrill Green; four brothers, Paul, Jack, Keith, and Ariel; four sisters, Kathleen, Eleise, Beryl, and Leah.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Burley West Stake Center, 2420 Parke Avenue, with Bishop 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the funeral on Monday. Arrangements are under the direction of Payne Mortuary in Burley.
Paul Cemetery, Paul, Idaho
