11 Aug 1946 – 3 Mar 2013
3rd Great-Grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
2nd Great-Grandson of Louis Philippe Cardon and Susette Stalé
Great-Grandson of Joseph Samuel Cardon and Selenia Mesenile Walker
Grandson of Junius Welborn Cardon and Mae Whiting
Son of Margaret Ethelyn Cardon and Stanley Arthur Tanner
Michael Stanley Tanner of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2013 after suffering a severe head injury as a result of a bicycling accident.
Michael was born to Stanley Arthur Tanner and Margaret Ethelyn Cardon on August 11, 1946, in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from University High School in West Los Angeles in 1964 and attended Brigham Young University.
He is survived by his sons Jonathan (Sarah) Tanner, Matthew (Joy) Tanner, Michael J. Tanner, David (Star) Tanner, and Jesse Tanner; daughters Luisa (Patrick) Perkins, Stephanie Tanner, Angie (David) Goodwin, Mary Tanner, and Danielle (Dominic) Tanner-Graziani; sisters Karma Stockstill and Kim (Alex) Bulbulian; brothers Ron (Jane) Tanner, Michael Dean Schauer, Rod Tanner, and Todd (Catherine) Tanner; twenty-eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many loving cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in the Biltmore LDS Chapel, located at 1835 East Missouri Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. Bishop Scott Gardner will preside. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Best Friends Animal Society at bestfriends.org or The Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation at mcgareyfoundation.org.