Clea Urry Cardon Bench

28 Feb 1920 – 4 Mar 2009

Wife of Blaine Orson Cardon


Bench, Clea

89 of Phoenix, passed away on March 4, 2009. Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 2:00pm at Resthaven Park Cemetery in Glendale, AZ.

Clea Bench death announcement

-Published in The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Sunday, March 8, 2009, Page B5 (22)


Bicknell M. Bench

Bicknell Mathers Bench, 62, of 1653 Lake, died Wednesday afternoon at his home.

Mr. Bench was born Jan. 4, 1914, in Logan, a son of Edwin and LaNez Mathews Bench.

He was married to H. Ann Peterson on Aug. 31, 1934, in Farmington, Utah. She died Dec. 5, 1969. He was married to Clea Urry Cardon on May 31, 1970, in Elko, Nev.

He owned and operated Bick’s Billiards in Ogden for 35 years. He was a member of the BPO Elks Lodge 719 and the 33rd LDS Ward.

Surviving are his widow of Ogden; one son and one daughter, Dennis E. Bench, Mrs. Robert G. (Barbara Ann) Young, both of Ogden; one stepson and one stepdaughter, Richard E. Cardon, Sumer Wash.; Mrs. Doug (Carlene) Hardy, Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are his mother, Mrs. Howard (LaNez) Revor, Ogden; four sisters, Mrs. Myron A. (June) Heslop, Mrs. J. C. (Elva) Ensign, both of Ogden; Mrs. J. G. (Vada) Clark, Mrs. Thomas (Myna) Hooper, both of Salt Lake City.

Graveside services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Washington Heights Memorial Park.

The family will meet friends at the Myers Mortuary in Ogden Saturday from 11:30 a/m. until 12:30 p.m.

-Published in The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT) Thursday, May 13, 1976, Page 8B (44).


West Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona