21 Feb 1922 – 27 Dec 2005
2nd-Great-Grand-Daughter of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
Great-Grand-Daughter of Jean Paul Cardon and Susannah Goudin
Grand-Daughter of Susette Cardon and Joel Edwards Ricks
Daughter of Lewis Cardon Ricks and Jessie Belle Hendricks
Ila Marie Moon, 83-year-old Heyburn resident, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, at her home in Heyburn.
She was born Feb. 21, 1922, in Salt Lake City, the daughter of Lewis and Jessie Hendricks Ricks. She spent many years in Bakersfield, Calif., and moved to Heyburn in 1979. She received her Masters degree at San Jose State University, and was a speech pathologist with the Minidoka County school district for several years. She was an active member of the L.D.S. Church. She loved genealogy and was very involved with it since 1958. Ila also enjoyed doing crafts.
She married Keith Eckland Moon on Aug. 3, 1957, in Heyburn. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Los Angeles Temple.
Survivors include five children, Robert Sanger of California, Donald Wilkins of San Jose, Calif., Diana Wilson of Heyburn, Nancy Jeppson of Provo, Utah, and Richard Moon of Hooper, Utah; 21 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by one sister, Virginia Hunter of Utah. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, three brothers and one sister.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Emerson Ward Chapel, 950 W. 125 S., Paul, with Bishop Ted Tateoka officiated. Burial was in the Riverside Cemetery in Heyburn.
Friends called at the church from 10 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the funeral on Friday.
Riverside Cemetery, Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho
