Dona Marie Gardner Obituary (1936 - 2014)

Dona Marie Gardner ROY - Dona Marie Gardner, 77, passed away Saturday, April 26, 2014. She was born October 3, 1936 in Roy, Utah to Frederick Conrad and Helen Olive Russell Sodenkamp. Dona married Albert Hull Widdison in March 1953 in Hooper, UT. Albert passed away April 15, 1961. She married Gary Richard Pomeroy in April 1962. Gary passed away September 10, 1978. She married Sterling B. Gardner in November 1991. Sterling passed away November 12, 2011. She was a lifelong resident of Roy, Utah. Dona attended Riverdale Elementary and Weber High School. She worked for the DABC. Dona loved spending time at the cabin, gardening, cooking, shopping, politics, and especially spending time with her family and friends. She is survived by her children: Wendi Jo (Kevin) Widdison Fage of Roy; Brady Gary Pomeroy of Layton; five grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, with another great-granddaughter on the way this summer. Also surviving is a sister Carol Griffin of Marriott-Slaterville. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Joan Christensen, daughters Debra and Christie Widdison, Kelly Bert Widdison, her husbands Albert Widdison, Gary Pomeroy, and Sterling Gardner. Special thanks to Doctors Mikio Obayashi, John Martinez and their staffs, nurses and doctors at McKay Dee Hospital Cardiac Unit and Vicki and staff with IHC Hospice. A celebration of Dona's life for family and friends will be held at a later date. Cremation under the direction of Myers Roy Mortuary.