28 May 1912 – 5 Apr 2004
Mother-in-law of Bartell Wilson Cardon Jr.
Ruby Zondervon McDonald passed from this life to the next on April 5, 2004. She was born May 28, 1912, to Grietje (“Maggie”) Roghaar and Peter Zondervon. Ruby was 91 years of age at her death.
The first ten years of her life were spent in Grace, Idaho. In 1922, Ruby’s family moved to Ogden, Utah, where she completed high school. Ruby entered nurse’s training at LDS Hospital and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1930, receiving her degree as a registered nurse in 1934. She continued on at that institution as a Nursing Supervisor.
It was at the LDS Hospital that she first met Ervin Stevenson McDonald. He was a patient; she was his nurse. They were engaged Christmas day of 1935 and married in the Manti LDS Temple on October 9, 1936.
Following a short stay in Marysville, Utah, Ruby and Ervin moved to California, where they lived in Capay, Chico, Benicia, Richmond, and San Francisco, respectively. Ruby, during the latter years in San Francisco, 1953-1971, was a nurse in the office of two physicians.
Upon the retirement of her husband in 1971, they moved to Ogden, Utah. Ervin died in 1993, and Ruby moved to Logan, Utah, in 1998.
Ruby was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Among other responsibilities, she was often called to teach adult groups. She was a member of ward and stake Primary presidencies, a Relief Society president in both Benicia and San Francisco, and an early morning seminary teacher in San Francisco. She was an officiator in the Ogden Temple.
Ruby was a skilled seamstress, sharing this talent with family and friends. She was best known for her interest in and concern for people. Her family will remember her as an independent and courageous woman possessed of a wonderful sense of humor.
She had three brothers (Andrew, Luke, and Grant), all deceased, and three sisters (Margaret, deceased; Grace Raat of Ogden, Utah; and Alice Farr of San Pedro, California). Her daughters, Kathleen (married to Bartell Cardon of Logan, Utah)and Margaret Ann (married to Clair Allen of Vienna, Virginia). Each has five children. Ruby is also survived by ten grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She loved her posterity and always remembered them on special occasions .
Funeral services will be held at 12 Noon on Saturday, April 10, 2004, at the Wasatch Lawn Mortuary, 3401 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. A visitation will be held beginning at 11:00 AM until time of services. Her body will be placed next to that of her husband at the Wasatch Lawn Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Allen-Hall Mortuary.
-Published in The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), Wednesday, April 7, 2004, page B7.
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, Plot: Cypress Hill 206-4-E
