1 Oct 1877 – 15 Jun 1954
Grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
Son of Jean Paul Cardon and Magdalene Beus
Ogdenite Falls Off Ladder, Dies
Geroge D. Cardon, Ogden abstractor, died today at about 12:30 p. m. of head injuries received when he fell from a ladder and down his basement steps while repairing a window or window screen at his home, 2547 Van Buren Ave.
He was found by a granddaughter who was at the house and taken to Dee Hospital. The accident happened at about 10 a. m.
-Published in The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah), Tuesday, June 15, 1954, Page 1.
Listed under “Utah Obituaries” is the following:
Ogden. George D. Cardon, 76, 2547 Van Buren Ave., prominent Ogden businessman and civic worker.
-Published in The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), Wednesday, June 16, 1954, page 2
Fall Down Steps Claims Life of George Cardon
George D. Cardon, 2547 Van Buren Ave., prominent Ogden businessman and civic worker, died yesterday in the Dee Hospital of head injuries received in a fall at his home a few hours earlier. He was 76.
He was found at the bottom of some basement steps with his head resting on the floor and the lower part of his body lying up the steps, said Mrs. Cardon.
A ladder had been placed by him near the top of the steps, but it was not known whether he fell from it or just became overbalanced and fell backwards down the staircase.
Judging from the position of his body, Mrs. Cardon said she didn’t believe he fell from the ladder.
He had been removing storm windows with the help of his wife. He had taken one to the garage. He then apparently got the ladder from the garage and placed it. From then on no one knew just what happened.
He was rushed to Dee Hospital and given oxygen, blood transfusions, and the attentions of a brain specialist in a vain attempt to save his life.
Mr. Cardon moved to Ogden in 1923, where established the George D. Cardon Abstract Co. Retiring in 1951, he sold the business to his son, Dean Cardon.
He was instrumental in promoting Ben Lomond Heights Subdivision in South Ogden.
For many years he had been interested in water development in the Ogden area, especially in the Pine View and Weber Basin water development projects. He was presideng of the South Ogden Conservation, District and a member of the board of directors of Ogden River Waters Users Assn. at the time of his death.
A member of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce, he was on the industrial development committee. He was a member of the Quorum of Seventy in the LDS Twelfth Ward.
Mr. Cardon was born Oct. 1, 1877 in Logan, a son of Paul and Magdalene Beus Cardon. His early life was spent inLogan where he received his education. He graduated in education from the old Brigham Young College in Logan and taught school for five years after graduation.
Later he entered the real estate business in Logan, then went into the abstracting business.
Active in Church
As a young man he was active in the LDS Church. He worked in Boy Scout activities and other civic and church recreational activities in Logan.
On Sept. 10, 1902, he married Elizabeth H. Ballantyne in the LDS Logan Temple. She died June 22, 1952. On May 19, 1954 he married Ethel Guild in the LDS Logan Temple.
Surviving are his widow, Ogden; one son: Dean Cardon, Ogden; five daughters, Mrs. John J (Ardell) Mauro, Mrs. Elizabeth Barnson, Mrs. William D. (Dorothy) Carty, Ogden; Mrs. John J. (Marie) Rowe, Bounder, Colo., and Mrs. Russell (Winona) Swenson, Minneapolis, Minn.; 12 grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters: Hyrum M. Cardon, and Mrs. Amanda Ricks, Logan; Ernest W. Cardon, Salt Lake City; Mrs. LeVere Walker, Los Angeles, and Mrs. A. P. (Katie) Jensen, Ogden; three half-brothers and two half-sisters: John P. and Joseph E. Cardon, Logan; Moses Cardon, Ogden; Mrs. Mary C. Merrill, Preston, Idaho, and Mrs. Sally Turner, Washington, D. C.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lindquist and Sons Colonial Funeral Chapel, 3408 Washington Blvd., Bishop G. Stanley Brewer of the LDS Twelfth Ward officiating.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday until services. Entombment will be in Aultorest Mausoleum.
-Published in the Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden, Utah, Wednesday Evening, June 16, 1954,
Second Edition, Page 1B
Aultroest Memorial Gardens, Ogden, Weber, Utah Mausoleum Corridor A.
