9 Jun 1934 – 3 Oct 2018
2nd-great-grandson of Philip Cardon and Martha Marie Tourn
Great-grandson of Louis Philippe Cardon and Susette Stalé
Grandson of Joseph Samuel Cardon and Rhoda Ann McClellan
Son of Genevieve Cardon and James Francis Pace
Bill Pace has a blog on blogspot with many instances of events in his life. It is called “Life History of William Cardon Pace.” Bill dictated this history to his wife, Kaye, in 2009, who hand-wrote it all down. It was later typed to this blog in 2016.
A link to that site is here: William Cardon Pace Blog
Extracted from the blog:
Life History
My name is William Cardon Pace. I was named William after my uncle Bill Cardon. My middle name Cardon was my mother’s maiden name. There is an interesting story about my middle name that I didn’t know until I applied for my first passport. I had to get an original copy of my birth certificate. When it came it said William Orlando Pace, but everything else I had, including my church records said William Cardon Pace. I called my sister, Fern, to find out why this had happened and she told me this story:
My grandmother Pace offered Mom and Dad a new calf if they would name me William Orlando Pace after my grandfather James Orlando Pace. My folks put that on the birth certificate. Mom thought about it and didn’t like the initials WOP because that was a derogatory name for Italians. Her last name was Italian. She decided to change it to William Cardon Pace before I was blessed at church. She never changed my name on the birth certificate. I had to get a letter from Sis explaining why my name was on the birth certificate was different from my name I had used all my life before I could get my passport. I was born in Virden, New Mexico in an old adobe house. My mom almost died when I was born. She went into convolutions. My dad passed out and had to be taken out of the house. Dr. Neighbors from Duncan delivered me. I was born June 9, 1934. I was the third child in the family and the youngest. My father James Franco Pace was born October 19, 1896 in Thatcher, Arizona. My mother Genevieve Cardon was born August 10, 1902 in Colonial Dublan, Mexico. I had an older brother James Grant Pace, who was born June 5, 1921 in Virden, New Mexico. My older sister Rhoda Fern Pace was born August 16, 1925, in El Paso, Texas. Grant was 13 years older than me and Sis was 9 years older than me. I went to school at Virden Elementary School from 1st through 8th grade in Virden, New Mexico. I went to the Animas School for one week in 9th grade and then I went to high school at Austin High School in El Paso, Texas. I lived with Uncle Lester and Aunt Jane and Grandma Cardon. They had a two bedroom home and a screen porch. I slept there and it was very cold during the winter when the snow was blowing.
My mother was put in the hospital as soon as we got to El Paso, Texas. I’d go see her quite often. I had to take buses to get there. Uncle Lester and Aunt Jane were very kind to me. They had a restaurant and said I could eat anything I wanted there. Mom died on February 19 and was buried February 22 and Dad and I left for Duncan, Arizona. I started high school as a freshman at Duncan High School. I graduated from Duncan High School in 1952. I started at Eastern Arizona Junior College in Thatcher, Arizona. I went there a year and started the second year, but I got sick and had to quit. In 1953 my friend Sharon Lunt went to Brigham Young University and told me how great it was and got me to send in $10 to reserve a dorm room. They wrote back and said they were all filled up, but they didn’t send back the $10!
In 1954 I was going to join the merchant marines, but I remembered the $10 I had sent them for the dorm room. I wrote them and told them I ought to have a room by now. They said “I had a room”. I started BYU the fall of 1954. In 1959 I went to Dental School-The College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the University of the Pacific) in San Francisco, California. After graduating I went to San Francisco State in San Francisco. I was working on a master’s degree of education. In 1967 I started Orthodontic School at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles, California. I graduated in 1969 with a masters degree in orthodontics
The organizations I have joined are: Primary, Boy Scouts, Rodeo Club at BYU I was in the Tau Kappa Omega in Dental School and the Yi Psi Phi fraternity in Dental School. I belong to the Arizona and California Dental Associations. I was a member of the Kiwanis Lions Elks Club. I was on the board of the Boys Club in Santa Cruz. I was Little league and Pony League President. The important Church dates were baptism by Laurence A Smith in a canal in Virden, blessing by Junious Payne and Floyd Brown in Virden, New Mexico August 1934.
Some of my callings:
Assistant Scout Master-San Francisco and in Alamo.
Cub Scout Cubmaster-Santa Cruz and Eagle Point
Ensign Leader-Santa Cruz Elder Quorum Teacher-Santa Cruz
I was also President of Elders Quorum, and counselor of Elders Quorum, Sunday School President,
Counselor in High Priests-all in Santa Cruz
Employment Specialist in Eagle Point
Sunday School teacher in Eagle Point
High Priests Teacher in Santa Cruz and Eagle Point
I married Kaye Sylvia Cowley on May 13, 1955 in Provo, Utah. I was married at Bishop Harrison Scott’s house and he married us. We got married secretly because Kaye’s father thought she was too young to get married and he wanted to stop us.
Our first child was Cathy Pace, she was born in Provo, UT on March 24, 1956. She cost $60 for the hospital bill. Kaye spent 3 days in the hospital and Dr. Riley Clark didn’t charge us because Kaye’s father was a doctor. Cathy married Mike Masloski in Santa Cruz, California on September 28, 1974. They had two children. Lisa Christine Masloski was born on October 27, 1975 in Omaha, Nebraska. Michael Jason Masloski was born on June 29, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska. They were divorced on October 1, 1979 in Santa Cruz, California. She married Greg Carleton Hunter on February 1, 1980 in Soquel, California. They had three children. Ryan Edward Hunter was born in Santa Cruz, California on September 30, 1980. He was married to Angel in Eagle Point, Oregon. He is separated from his wife. They have a son Jared, who was born on December 4, 2000. Duston Scott Hunter, who was born in Santa Cruz, California, on December 25, 1982. Ian Gregory Hunter, who was born in Santa Cruz, Californian March 4, 1985.
Lisa Masloski married Greg Mapel in Medford Oregon on May 10, 1996. They have two boys: Gavin Mapel, born in Medford on February 22, 1996, Corbin Alan Mapel born in Medford on September 16, 2002. Michael Jason Masloski was married to Amy on April 11th in Eagle Point. They have three children: Dylan Masloski born in Medford, Ethan Masloski born February 15, 2007, and Kaya Masloski born December 15th in Medford.
Our second daughter, Cindy Pace was born in Provo, Utah on October 31, 1958. It cost $80 for her hospital bill. Dr. Clark again charged no fee. She was married to Robert Kendall Blake on June 22, 1979 in Manti, Utah. She was married in the Manti Temple. They have four children: Amber Cheri Blake who was born in Santa Cruz on April 7, 1980. Amber was married in the Laie Hawaii temple to Matthew Frazier on February 14, 2000. Matt and Amber have two children: Maia Eden Frazier and Lincoln Tyler Frazier. Matt and Amber later divorced. Amber married Roger Daley on July 18th, 2009. Roger has four children from his previous marriage: Berklee, Charlotte, Stacia and Bowman. Berklee has a daughter of her own, Charlee, born in June of 2010.
Austin William Blake was born on January 11, 1982 in Santa Cruz. He married Stacie Nicole Peterson (born October 22, 1984) on August 6, 2005, in the Mount Timpanogos, Utah Temple. They have three children, all born in Salt Lake City: Sunnie May Blake (June 1, 2009), Josie Nicole Blake (August 4, 2011), and Corbin Bradley Blake (August 10, 2013). Austin is a returned missionary and BYU chemical engineer.
Ashley Krystal Blake was born in Santa Cruz on February 19, 1984. She married Casey Summers on July 31, 2005 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They have four children: Arianna, Cason, Calvin and Alora.
Adam James Blake was born August 22, 1988. He married Annalisa in July of 2012. They have two sons: Jarem and Levi.
Gregory Scott Pace was born on September 9, 1964 at Walnut Creek, California. He was married to “Bonnie” Sharon Anton Whitaker in Soquel, California on December 14, 1985. They had two children: James Dylan Pace, who was born July 26, 1986 in Santa Cruz, and Alicia Marie Pace, who was born August 22, 1988 in Santa Cruz. Bonnie and Greg were divorced in Santa Cruz. Greg married Louise Marie Rudy on June 2, 1992 in Santa Cruz. They were later married in the Oakland Temple. They had one child, Megan Marie Pace, born on January 27, 1995 in Santa Cruz. Louise had two children, Danica and Justin when they were married. Louise and Greg were divorced in Santa Cruz. Louise has remarried twice since their divorce. Greg is single.
Bradley William Pace was born on May 4, 1966 in Walnut Creek, California. He died of cancer on March 13, 1981 in Soquel, California. He was 14 years old.