Robin Harriet Cardon

1929 - 2017

11/28/29 ~ 3/21/17
Our loving mother passed away on March 21, 2017 at age 87. She kept the 1st and 2nd commandments. She gave God the Father and our Savior Jesus Christ her constant love and devotion; in turn she treated everyone with whom she came in contact with love and kindness. She shared her talents without restraint.
She was born in Sacramento, California to Richard W. and Ethelene Varley Robinson. In their home she learned to embrace and truly live the teachings of Jesus Christ. Gifts of faith, love, good humor, creativity, and music were cultivated bearing fruits of friendship, trust, respect and joy.
While serving 2 ½ years on an LDS mission to the France-Belgium Mission, she met a fellow missionary who would become her eternal companion. She married her sweetheart Louis Bellamy Cardon on December 22, 1953 in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. Their 63 years of partnership, and the strength of their mutual devotion to each other and to the Savior, are gifts beyond measure to their posterity. Mom adored her 3 children, 11 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. She found nobility and divinity in motherhood.
After raising her own children she expanded her reach and became a first grade teacher at Cherry Hill Elementary School for 13 years. She was a master teacher because she taught as the Master taught. She loved her students and prayed nightly for inspiration to fill their individual needs. Her fruits were noticed and she was awarded the "Teacher of the Year" award for the Alpine School District.
Her musical gifts and domestic talents enriched her home and community. She was a trained organist. It was her desire to bear her testimony and love of the gospel in her music. She taught individually and in groups to all who had a desire to learn the organ. She served for decades as a ward and stake organist, but her greatest joy came from being a temple organist.
Mom and Dad loved the temple and served as ordinance workers in the Provo Temple for 14 years, but 2 days a week in the temple was not enough so they served a mission to the Swiss Temple in Zollikofen, Switzerland for 18 months.
She was truly, "an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." Mom, we commend you to His trusted care.
Robin is cherished by her husband Louis, her children: Becky (Greg) Smith, Scott (Kathy) Cardon, Carol (Mike) Dyer, her Grandsons: Shane Smith, Erik (Amanda) Smith, Landon Cardon, Nathan Cardon, Zac (Nicole) Cardon, Devin (Carolynn) Dyer, and her granddaughters: Melissa (Jeff) Smith, Michelle (Todd) Jaramillo, Chantal (Jerry) Tibbitts, Alicia (Steve) Taylor, with 10 great grandsons and 9 great granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her parents and 3 sisters; Tessa (Rudy) Bianchini, Barbara (Bob) Borg and Varlele (Jay) Turner, and 1 grandson: Kimball McKay Dyer.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the LDS chapel located at 665 South 200 West, Orem, Utah. Viewing at 10:00, prior to services. Interment in Orem City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Temple Patron Assistance Fund.
Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.uvfuneral.com.