Winnie Cardinal
Winifred Ann Wagner Cardinal, 85, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at Teton Post Acute Care & Rehabilitation in Idaho Falls. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, at the Ammon 4th Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4375 E. Sunnyside Road in Ammon, Idaho, with Bishop Eric Bodily officiating. The family will visit with friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Wood Funeral Home East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road, and Monday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services at the church. Burial will be in the Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery in Idaho Falls.
Winnie was born Sept. 14, 1929, in Phoenix to Daniel Ray Wagner and Edna Irene Price Wagner. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, attended elementary and junior high school, and graduated from Murray High School.
She was the mother of six children, Linda, Kent, Marlene, Luanne, Scott and Carl. She lived in Phoenix and Tucson, Salt Lake City and Emmett, Idaho. Winnie worked for the Arizona Highway Department and as a waitress. She moved to Joseph City, where she met William.
On April 15, 1971, she married William Albert Cardinal in Holbrook. Winnie and William made their home in Idaho Falls since 2009. They were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on Feb. 26, 2015.
She was a member of the LDS church.
Winnie loved her family. She was an avid football fan and enjoyed CB radio. She loved to crochet and do cross stitch.
Survivors include her loving husband of 44 years, William Cardinal of Idaho Falls; her son Kent (Linda) Sundberg of Austin, Texas, daughter Marlene (Rob) Empey of Idaho Falls, daughter Luanne (John) Sirak of Henderson, Nev., son Scott (Cheryl) Griffith of Phoenix and son Carl (Cheri) Griffith of Stapleton, Ala.; a brother, Carl Wagner; 18 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Mortensen; her father, Daniel Wagner; her mother, Edna Steiner; and her brother, Fred Wagner.
