Boyd R. Cardin, 90, died at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, August 19, 2004.
Mr. Cardin was the former owner of Cardin's Home Store in Liberty Center,Indiana, a former manager in the meat department at Heyerly's Market and retired in 1977 as meat department manager at the Markle Mall Grocery Store. He also worked for Miller Seed Corn Company.
He was born February 27, 1914 in Madisonville, Tennessee, to Alfred and Grace Humphreys Cardin. He married Pauleta F. "Polly" Torbett, May 17, 1936 in Sweetwater, Tennessee.
A resident of Wells County for 60 years, he was one of the organizers of the Liberty Center Lions Club, of which he was the charter president. He was a 50-plus member of the Bluffton, Indiana, Masonic Lodge 145 and the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Scottish Rite. He was a member of the Liberty Center Baptist Church.
After graduation from Friendsville Academy in Vonore, Tennessee, he worked on the Manhattan Project in Oakridge, Tennessee, being deferred from induction into the military on three occasions by the U.S. government to continue his work on that project during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Carolyn A.(Richard) Stinson and Sonja K.(Ken) Buckler, a son, Brent R. Cardin, two brothers, Norman Cardin and Marvin Cardin, a sister, Merle Wilkin, nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Rod Stinson, two sisters and a brother.
Source Bluffton News-Banner, August 20, 2004
Mr. Cardin was the former owner of Cardin's Home Store in Liberty Center,Indiana, a former manager in the meat department at Heyerly's Market and retired in 1977 as meat department manager at the Markle Mall Grocery Store. He also worked for Miller Seed Corn Company.
He was born February 27, 1914 in Madisonville, Tennessee, to Alfred and Grace Humphreys Cardin. He married Pauleta F. "Polly" Torbett, May 17, 1936 in Sweetwater, Tennessee.
A resident of Wells County for 60 years, he was one of the organizers of the Liberty Center Lions Club, of which he was the charter president. He was a 50-plus member of the Bluffton, Indiana, Masonic Lodge 145 and the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Scottish Rite. He was a member of the Liberty Center Baptist Church.
After graduation from Friendsville Academy in Vonore, Tennessee, he worked on the Manhattan Project in Oakridge, Tennessee, being deferred from induction into the military on three occasions by the U.S. government to continue his work on that project during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Carolyn A.(Richard) Stinson and Sonja K.(Ken) Buckler, a son, Brent R. Cardin, two brothers, Norman Cardin and Marvin Cardin, a sister, Merle Wilkin, nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Rod Stinson, two sisters and a brother.
Source Bluffton News-Banner, August 20, 2004
Boyd R. Cardin, 90, died at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, August 19, 2004.
Mr. Cardin was the former owner of Cardin's Home Store in Liberty Center,Indiana, a former manager in the meat department at Heyerly's Market and retired in 1977 as meat department manager at the Markle Mall Grocery Store. He also worked for Miller Seed Corn Company.
He was born February 27, 1914 in Madisonville, Tennessee, to Alfred and Grace Humphreys Cardin. He married Pauleta F. "Polly" Torbett, May 17, 1936 in Sweetwater, Tennessee.
A resident of Wells County for 60 years, he was one of the organizers of the Liberty Center Lions Club, of which he was the charter president. He was a 50-plus member of the Bluffton, Indiana, Masonic Lodge 145 and the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Scottish Rite. He was a member of the Liberty Center Baptist Church.
After graduation from Friendsville Academy in Vonore, Tennessee, he worked on the Manhattan Project in Oakridge, Tennessee, being deferred from induction into the military on three occasions by the U.S. government to continue his work on that project during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Carolyn A.(Richard) Stinson and Sonja K.(Ken) Buckler, a son, Brent R. Cardin, two brothers, Norman Cardin and Marvin Cardin, a sister, Merle Wilkin, nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Rod Stinson, two sisters and a brother.
Source Bluffton News-Banner, August 20, 2004
Mr. Cardin was the former owner of Cardin's Home Store in Liberty Center,Indiana, a former manager in the meat department at Heyerly's Market and retired in 1977 as meat department manager at the Markle Mall Grocery Store. He also worked for Miller Seed Corn Company.
He was born February 27, 1914 in Madisonville, Tennessee, to Alfred and Grace Humphreys Cardin. He married Pauleta F. "Polly" Torbett, May 17, 1936 in Sweetwater, Tennessee.
A resident of Wells County for 60 years, he was one of the organizers of the Liberty Center Lions Club, of which he was the charter president. He was a 50-plus member of the Bluffton, Indiana, Masonic Lodge 145 and the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Scottish Rite. He was a member of the Liberty Center Baptist Church.
After graduation from Friendsville Academy in Vonore, Tennessee, he worked on the Manhattan Project in Oakridge, Tennessee, being deferred from induction into the military on three occasions by the U.S. government to continue his work on that project during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Carolyn A.(Richard) Stinson and Sonja K.(Ken) Buckler, a son, Brent R. Cardin, two brothers, Norman Cardin and Marvin Cardin, a sister, Merle Wilkin, nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Rod Stinson, two sisters and a brother.
Source Bluffton News-Banner, August 20, 2004
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