Wayne A. Cardinal

Private Services for Wayne A. Cardinal, 85, Clinton resident will be held Saturday, March 21, 2020 in the Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery, officiated by his son, Randall Cardinal and under the direction of the Larkin Funeral Home in Salt Lake City. He is in the care of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton, OK. Wayne August Cardinal was born August 16, 1934 to August William Cardinal and Ethel Hazel (Thompson) in Vincennes, Indiana and passed away Monday, March 9, 2020 in the Oklahoma University Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Wayne was raised and attended school in Vincennes, Indiana. On April 22, 1952, at 17 years of age, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He served his country for four years and was honorably discharged on April 21, 1956. He married Shirley Louise Elder on June 1, 1956 in Reno, Nevada. He then began a lifelong career as a Hydraulic Mechanic in the Air Force Civilian Service, served as president of the local union at Nellis Air Force Base, and retired in 1989. He moved to Kanarraville, Utah in 1989, where his children and grandchildren would frequently visit and work alongside him on everything from building birdhouses to tending to his barn animals. In 1998, he and Shirley moved to Arapaho, OK—where he spent the remainder of his life tending to his wife, his dogs, and his land on “Outback Acres,” the 22- acre ranch property where he resided. A family man through-and-through, Wayne was a constant reminder of what it meant to be committed to those you love and true to one’s word. His family could count on him for anything—and he was especially known for fixing just about anything that needed it. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers and sisters, Don Cardinal, Dorothy Keller, Virginia Dye, Marlin “Buck” Cardinal and Norma Sheley. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; his two daughters, Shawn Cardinal and husband, Thomas Jingoli, and Cindy Wood and husband, Jerry; his two sons, Randall Cardinal and wife, Jennifer; and Kyle Cardinal and wife, Shawnee; his brother Morris Cardinal and wife, Marian; and his nephew, Donald Sheley and wife, Pam. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.