1 Jul 1882 – 19 Jul 1948
Wife of Louis Paul Cardon
Irene Pratt Cardon
Mrs. Irene Pratt Cardon, 67, former resident of Salt Lake City, died at her home in Mesa, Ariz., Monday at 10 a.m. after a short illness.
Mrs. Cardon was born in Salt Lake City on July 1, 1882, a daughter of Helaman and Dorothy Wilken Pratt. As a child she moved with her parents to Mexico. Later she moved to Arizona where she spent most of her life. She was married to Lewis Paul Cardon in Colonia Juarez, Mexico, in 1903 and was an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Ralph Trejo and Wilford, Stanley and Bartley Cardon, all of Arizona; Helaman Cardon, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Roland Funk, Los Angeles; and Orson Cardon, New York; also the following brothers and sisters, Harold W. Pratt, Chihuahua, Mex., Emerson W. Pratt, Phoenix, Ariz.; Joseph W. Pratt, Blackfoot, Ida.; Mrs. Leah Call, Bountiful; Mrs. Amy Pratt Romney, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Verde Cardon, Los Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Gladys Young, Boston, Mass.
Funeral Services and burial will take place in Mesa on Thursday.
-Published in the Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday, July 21, 1948, Page 24.
MRS. IRENA P. CARDON
Mrs. Irena Pratt Cardon, 67, who lived in Tucson from 1912 until 1946, died Monday morning in Springerville, where she was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Roscoe Hamblin. For the past two years, Mrs. Cardon had made her home in Mesa.
The body will lie in state at 266 East Second avenue in Mesa from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday and funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. at the Mesa Second Ward chapel. Burial will be in a Mesa cemetery.
Mrs. Cardon was born Irena Mary Pratt on July 1, 1881, in Salt Lake City. She spent her youth and early married life in Colonial Dublan, Mexico, moving to Tucson in 1912.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs. Ralph Trejo, of Tucson, and Mrs. Roland Funk, of Los Angeles; five sons, Wilford P., of Mesa; Stanley P., of Phoenix; Dr. Bartley P., of Tucson; H. P., of St. Louis; and Dr. Orson P., of New York City; 18 grandchildren, three sisters and a brother.
-Published in the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday, July 21, 1948, page 9.
