Mary Bertha Hoeft Chadwick Gardner Obituary (1914 - 2005)

HONEYVILLE -Mary Hoeft Chadwick Gardner was born June 13, 1914, in Vernal, Utah, and died September 1, 2005, in Brigham City, Utah. She was the only child of Edward and Hazel Burgess Hoeft. She graduated from Uintah High School in 1932 and attended Utah State Agricultural College (USU) in Logan, Utah. She married Rulon W. Chadwick on September 3, 1935, and they made their home in Ogden. They later divorced. She married Leon D. Gardner on July 14, 1951, and moved to Honeyville, Utah, where she lived until moving to Brigham City in 1996. She was an active member of the LDS Church and served in many church organizations. She was postmaster in the Honeyville Utah Post Office from 1972 until 1981. She belonged to various community and professional organizations including Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the Retired Postmasters Association, Brigham City Business and Professional Women's club, and the American Association of University Women. She is survived by two daughters, Adriana Forsgren (James), Mantua; Mary Jo Wight (Ross), Spanish Fork; step-daughters, Jean Sorenson (Vernon), Eugene, Oregon; Barbara Avondet, Ogden; step-sons, J. Rex Gardner (Janice), Larkspur, California, Arthur Ott Gardner (Audrey), Blackfoot, Idaho; step-daughters-in-law, Merle Jean Gardner, Honeyville; and Bonnie Gardner, Blackfoot, Idaho; 31 grandchildren and numerous great and great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by brother-in-law, John W. Chadwick (Nelda), North Salt Lake; and sister-in-law, Laura Kump (LaVar), North Ogden. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at the Honeyville LDS Chapel, 2620 West 6980 North, Honeyville, Utah. Friends may call at the Myers Mortuary, 205 South 100 East, Brigham City, Utah, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, September 5, 2005 and at the church, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Interment will be in the Honeyville Cemetery. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Brigham City 205 South 100 East Brigham City, UT 84302 September 5, 2005 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ServiceHoneyville 1st Ward Chapel 2620 West 6980 North Honeyville, UT September 6, 2005 11:00 AM CemeteryHoneyville Cemetery 6900 North 2500 West Honeyville, UT September 6, 2005