24 Apr 1923 – 11 Sep 1941
Great-Grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
Grandson of Thomas Barthelemy Cardon and Ella Clarinda Hinckley
Son of Thomasa Blondel Cardon and Wilford Dowdle Porter
Logan Youth Dies In Crash, Alone
Tribune Intermountain Wire
LOGAN — Apparently asleep at the wheel of his light coupe when it crashed into a concrete abutment of the Beaver landing bridge in Logan canyon, Wilford Cardon Porter, 18, son of Professor Wilford D. and Blondell Cardon Porter of 421 East Fourth North Street, was killed instantly early Thursday.
The youth’s body was found in the tangled wreckage of his machine about 4 a. m. by a passing motorist whose identity was not established. His wristwatch had stopped at 2:15 to establish the probable hour of the crash.
Investigation of the accident, under direction of Sheriff Jeff Stowell, showed that the right wheels of the westbound coupe had rolled gradually from the highway’s hard surface to the
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right shoulder. Wheel marks showed that it had traveled about 24 yards along the shoulder before it was stopped abruptly by the abutment. This evidence led to the belief that young Porter, the sole occupant of the machine, had fallen asleep.
Young Porter’s neck had been broken when his head was thrown against the windshield or the cowling of the auto. The steering wheel had been bent forward to an upright position.
Mr. Porter was born April 24, 1923, in Morgan. His father is college editor and assistant professor of English in charge of journalism studies at Utah State Agricultural college.
He obtained his education in Logan city schools. Last May, he was graduated from Logan senior high school, where he had been active in football, track, dramatics and journalism.
During the summer he had been employed as an attendant at Anderson servie station on North Main street. He also had served as a carrier-salesman for The Salt Lake Tribune.
Surviving are his parents, one sister, Mrs. Genevieve Porter Johnson of Spokane, Wash.; one brother, Lawrence Porter of Logan and a grandmother, Mrs. Ella Hoopes of Logan.
-Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Fri, Sep 12, 1941, Page 17 and Page 29
Wilford Cardon Porter
LOGAN – Funeral services for Wilford Cardon Porter, 18-year-old son of Professor Wilford D. and Blondell Cardon Porter of 421 East Fourth North Street, who was fatally injured early Thursday morning in a Logan canyon highway crash, will be conducted Sunday at 1 p. m. in Logan Fifth L D S ward chapel by Bhshop Newell G. Daines.
Burial in Logan city cemetery will be directed by Lindquist & Sons mortuary. Friends may call at the zPorter home Saturday evening and Sunday prior to services.
-Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, Sat, Sep 13, 1941, Page 29
Logan City Cemetery, Logan Utah
