8 Sep 1938 – 28 Oct 2018
3rd-Great-Grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
2nd-Great-Grandson of Louis Philippe Cardon and Susette Stalé
Great-Grandson of Emanuel Philip Cardon and Amelia Mariah Merrick
Grandson of Emanuel Alonzo Cardon and Rosa Vilate Terry
Son of Emanuel Alonzo Cardon Jr. and Thelma Warren
Brief Life History of Kenneth Ray
When Kenneth Ray Cardon was born on 6 September 1938, in Camas, Clark, Washington, United States, his father, Emanuel Alonzo Cardon Jr, was 32 and his mother, Thelma Warren, was 23. During the Korean War, he served in the Air Force. Two years were in Korea, an additional two years were in Portland, Oregon.
He married Patricia Ann Waddle on 2 November 1958, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States at the Salmon Creek Methodist Church. He was at that time serving at the Portland Air Force Base. They were the parents of 4 children as per the divorce decree granted 11 August 1980 including a daughter, Kelly Sue Cardon, born in 1951 a son, Jeffrey Kenneth Cardon born in 1963 and died in 2023, a son Lon Ray Cardon born in 1965 and a daughter Jennifer.
He lived in Election Precinct 56 Camas 6, Clark, Washington, United States in 1940 and Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States in 1950. 16 September 1980 he married Nyla Rae Mullins in Multnomah County, Oregon. At the passing of his father, Emanuel Alonzo Cardon Jr. November 13, 1987, he was living in Gresham, Oregon. His sister, Betty Jean, died 12 May 1995 while he was living in Portland, Oregon. His mother passed away 28 October 2001 at which time he was living in Camas, Washington. He married Ina Irene Farnsworth on the 5th of August 2006 in Clackamas, Oregon. When his brother Lon Dean Cardon passed away April 9, 2018, his spouse was Ina.
He died on 28 October 2018, in Arizona, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Marana, Pima, Arizona, United States.
Cardon, Kenneth R., 80, Tucson, Ariz., died Oct. 28, 2018. Adair Funeral Homes, 520-326-4343.
-Published in The Columbian (Vancouver, WA), Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Cardon, Kenneth R., 80, Tucson, Ariz., died Oct. 28, 2018.
-Published in The Columbian (Vancouver, WA), Saturday, December 1, 2018
Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Marana, Pima County, Arizona, Plot: Section 3 Site 238
