Coy Gardner was born in Bear River City, Utah, the son of Robert Nathaniel Gardner and Florence Ellen Johnson. His childhood and school years were spent there.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten, the daughter of Lester Lloyd and Ada Peterson Patten. She was born June 20, 1919, in Ogden, Utah, but spent most of her youth in Orcutt, California.
Coy worked as a train dispatcher for the Southern Pacific Railroad for twenty-three years; and the family lived in Nevada, Ogden and Slaterville, Utah, before moving to Millville in 1963. He was then employed by the U.S. Postal Service and worked at Smithfield and Hyrum until his retirement.
After their children were grown, Yvonne obtained her Bachelors and Masters Degrees and taught in Cache County Schools for twenty years, working with children with communicative disorders.
The Gardners have both held many LDS Church positions; Coy has served as Bishop in two wards and has been a member of the Stake High Council.
Yvonne has been involved in Relief Society positions in both ward and stake. Together they served for eighteen months in the Missouri St. Louis Mission.
Their children are: Don E. (Kathy Stauffer), Pamela Ann (Hal Allen), David J. (Dixie Harris), Kathryn M. (Randy Hadfield), Chris (Jana Griffin), Mary Beth (Ben Farrer) and Ruth Joy (Don Wood).
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Coy F. Gardner died suddenly of heart failure at his daughter's home in Afton, Wyo., on Saturday, June 17, 2000. He was born in Bear River City, Utah on August 1, 1919, the third of five children born to Robert Nathaniel Gardner, Jr. and Florence E. Johnsen.
He attended schools in Bear River City and Brigham City, Utah, graduating from Box Elder High School before briefly attending the Utah Agricultural College in Logan. Later in life, he returned to school and graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in education.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten in Logan, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 22 years. Later, he worked for Cache County and the U.S. Postal Service.
Coy was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in numerous callings including twice as a bishop. After retirement, he and Yvonne served LDS missions to Hillsboro, Mo. and Manhattan, New York (family history).
He was preceded in death by two brothers, his parents and a grandson. He is survived by his wife of 60 years; two sisters, Dorothy Jeppsen and Bonnie Rae Bigler (Gordon), both of Mantua, Utah; and seven children: Don (Kathryn), North Ogden; Pam Allen (Hal), Perry; David (Dixie), Rawlins, Wyo.; Kathryn Hadfield (Randy), River Heights; Chris (Victoria), Hyde Park; Mary Beth Farrer (Ben), Brigham City; and Ruth J. Wood, Afton, Wyo. He is also survived by 46 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 22, in the Brigham City LDS 9th Ward at 236 E. 100 South in Brigham City. There will be a public viewing at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham City, 205 S. 100 East St., from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, and also at the Brigham City 9th Ward one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will be in the Millville Cemetery.
Herald Journal, June 20, 2000.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten, the daughter of Lester Lloyd and Ada Peterson Patten. She was born June 20, 1919, in Ogden, Utah, but spent most of her youth in Orcutt, California.
Coy worked as a train dispatcher for the Southern Pacific Railroad for twenty-three years; and the family lived in Nevada, Ogden and Slaterville, Utah, before moving to Millville in 1963. He was then employed by the U.S. Postal Service and worked at Smithfield and Hyrum until his retirement.
After their children were grown, Yvonne obtained her Bachelors and Masters Degrees and taught in Cache County Schools for twenty years, working with children with communicative disorders.
The Gardners have both held many LDS Church positions; Coy has served as Bishop in two wards and has been a member of the Stake High Council.
Yvonne has been involved in Relief Society positions in both ward and stake. Together they served for eighteen months in the Missouri St. Louis Mission.
Their children are: Don E. (Kathy Stauffer), Pamela Ann (Hal Allen), David J. (Dixie Harris), Kathryn M. (Randy Hadfield), Chris (Jana Griffin), Mary Beth (Ben Farrer) and Ruth Joy (Don Wood).
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Coy F. Gardner died suddenly of heart failure at his daughter's home in Afton, Wyo., on Saturday, June 17, 2000. He was born in Bear River City, Utah on August 1, 1919, the third of five children born to Robert Nathaniel Gardner, Jr. and Florence E. Johnsen.
He attended schools in Bear River City and Brigham City, Utah, graduating from Box Elder High School before briefly attending the Utah Agricultural College in Logan. Later in life, he returned to school and graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in education.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten in Logan, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 22 years. Later, he worked for Cache County and the U.S. Postal Service.
Coy was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in numerous callings including twice as a bishop. After retirement, he and Yvonne served LDS missions to Hillsboro, Mo. and Manhattan, New York (family history).
He was preceded in death by two brothers, his parents and a grandson. He is survived by his wife of 60 years; two sisters, Dorothy Jeppsen and Bonnie Rae Bigler (Gordon), both of Mantua, Utah; and seven children: Don (Kathryn), North Ogden; Pam Allen (Hal), Perry; David (Dixie), Rawlins, Wyo.; Kathryn Hadfield (Randy), River Heights; Chris (Victoria), Hyde Park; Mary Beth Farrer (Ben), Brigham City; and Ruth J. Wood, Afton, Wyo. He is also survived by 46 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 22, in the Brigham City LDS 9th Ward at 236 E. 100 South in Brigham City. There will be a public viewing at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham City, 205 S. 100 East St., from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, and also at the Brigham City 9th Ward one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will be in the Millville Cemetery.
Herald Journal, June 20, 2000.
Coy Gardner was born in Bear River City, Utah, the son of Robert Nathaniel Gardner and Florence Ellen Johnson. His childhood and school years were spent there.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten, the daughter of Lester Lloyd and Ada Peterson Patten. She was born June 20, 1919, in Ogden, Utah, but spent most of her youth in Orcutt, California.
Coy worked as a train dispatcher for the Southern Pacific Railroad for twenty-three years; and the family lived in Nevada, Ogden and Slaterville, Utah, before moving to Millville in 1963. He was then employed by the U.S. Postal Service and worked at Smithfield and Hyrum until his retirement.
After their children were grown, Yvonne obtained her Bachelors and Masters Degrees and taught in Cache County Schools for twenty years, working with children with communicative disorders.
The Gardners have both held many LDS Church positions; Coy has served as Bishop in two wards and has been a member of the Stake High Council.
Yvonne has been involved in Relief Society positions in both ward and stake. Together they served for eighteen months in the Missouri St. Louis Mission.
Their children are: Don E. (Kathy Stauffer), Pamela Ann (Hal Allen), David J. (Dixie Harris), Kathryn M. (Randy Hadfield), Chris (Jana Griffin), Mary Beth (Ben Farrer) and Ruth Joy (Don Wood).
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Coy F. Gardner died suddenly of heart failure at his daughter's home in Afton, Wyo., on Saturday, June 17, 2000. He was born in Bear River City, Utah on August 1, 1919, the third of five children born to Robert Nathaniel Gardner, Jr. and Florence E. Johnsen.
He attended schools in Bear River City and Brigham City, Utah, graduating from Box Elder High School before briefly attending the Utah Agricultural College in Logan. Later in life, he returned to school and graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in education.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten in Logan, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 22 years. Later, he worked for Cache County and the U.S. Postal Service.
Coy was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in numerous callings including twice as a bishop. After retirement, he and Yvonne served LDS missions to Hillsboro, Mo. and Manhattan, New York (family history).
He was preceded in death by two brothers, his parents and a grandson. He is survived by his wife of 60 years; two sisters, Dorothy Jeppsen and Bonnie Rae Bigler (Gordon), both of Mantua, Utah; and seven children: Don (Kathryn), North Ogden; Pam Allen (Hal), Perry; David (Dixie), Rawlins, Wyo.; Kathryn Hadfield (Randy), River Heights; Chris (Victoria), Hyde Park; Mary Beth Farrer (Ben), Brigham City; and Ruth J. Wood, Afton, Wyo. He is also survived by 46 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 22, in the Brigham City LDS 9th Ward at 236 E. 100 South in Brigham City. There will be a public viewing at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham City, 205 S. 100 East St., from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, and also at the Brigham City 9th Ward one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will be in the Millville Cemetery.
Herald Journal, June 20, 2000.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten, the daughter of Lester Lloyd and Ada Peterson Patten. She was born June 20, 1919, in Ogden, Utah, but spent most of her youth in Orcutt, California.
Coy worked as a train dispatcher for the Southern Pacific Railroad for twenty-three years; and the family lived in Nevada, Ogden and Slaterville, Utah, before moving to Millville in 1963. He was then employed by the U.S. Postal Service and worked at Smithfield and Hyrum until his retirement.
After their children were grown, Yvonne obtained her Bachelors and Masters Degrees and taught in Cache County Schools for twenty years, working with children with communicative disorders.
The Gardners have both held many LDS Church positions; Coy has served as Bishop in two wards and has been a member of the Stake High Council.
Yvonne has been involved in Relief Society positions in both ward and stake. Together they served for eighteen months in the Missouri St. Louis Mission.
Their children are: Don E. (Kathy Stauffer), Pamela Ann (Hal Allen), David J. (Dixie Harris), Kathryn M. (Randy Hadfield), Chris (Jana Griffin), Mary Beth (Ben Farrer) and Ruth Joy (Don Wood).
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Coy F. Gardner died suddenly of heart failure at his daughter's home in Afton, Wyo., on Saturday, June 17, 2000. He was born in Bear River City, Utah on August 1, 1919, the third of five children born to Robert Nathaniel Gardner, Jr. and Florence E. Johnsen.
He attended schools in Bear River City and Brigham City, Utah, graduating from Box Elder High School before briefly attending the Utah Agricultural College in Logan. Later in life, he returned to school and graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in education.
On October 25, 1940, he married Yvonne Ruth Patten in Logan, Utah. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad for 22 years. Later, he worked for Cache County and the U.S. Postal Service.
Coy was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in numerous callings including twice as a bishop. After retirement, he and Yvonne served LDS missions to Hillsboro, Mo. and Manhattan, New York (family history).
He was preceded in death by two brothers, his parents and a grandson. He is survived by his wife of 60 years; two sisters, Dorothy Jeppsen and Bonnie Rae Bigler (Gordon), both of Mantua, Utah; and seven children: Don (Kathryn), North Ogden; Pam Allen (Hal), Perry; David (Dixie), Rawlins, Wyo.; Kathryn Hadfield (Randy), River Heights; Chris (Victoria), Hyde Park; Mary Beth Farrer (Ben), Brigham City; and Ruth J. Wood, Afton, Wyo. He is also survived by 46 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, June 22, in the Brigham City LDS 9th Ward at 236 E. 100 South in Brigham City. There will be a public viewing at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham City, 205 S. 100 East St., from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, and also at the Brigham City 9th Ward one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will be in the Millville Cemetery.
Herald Journal, June 20, 2000.
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