Connie Tendick

October 6, 1951 - November 6, 2015

In Loving Memory Connie Lu Stanford Tendick October 6, 1951 - November 6, 2015 Connie Tendick, age 64, passed away November 6th, in her Springville home. She died after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was born in Twin Falls, Idaho to Melvin Joseph Stanford and Frances Yvonne Watson. By high school, her family had relocated to Pleasant Grove, Utah, where she graduated in 1969. It was at Pleasant Grove High School that she met Archie Davis. They were married in 1969. She was married a second time, to Timmie Forrest Tendick, in 1976. Neither lasted, but she loved them both. It just wasn’t meant to be. Connie raised six children, as a single mother. In 1996, she returned to school and received a Bachelors Degree in Nursing. A hippie at heart, she belonged to many organizations, such as Amnesty International, Save the Wolves and the Sierra Club. During the Vietnam War, she opposed the war, but wrote the troops letters so that they knew someone back home cared. Connie was born and raised in the LDS church, and her faith and determination, even when life handed her setbacks that would have destroyed many people’s faith, has been an inspiration to many. She never wavered, even when she could barely afford to support her children or when everything that could go wrong, did. As far as her children were concerned, nothing exceeded them in importance. Even though money was tight until she earned her Degree, she always made sure her children were fed and clothed, and most important, loved. Connie had a gypsy soul, and never grew roots in this world. If she had roots of any kind, they were in family, but she moved incessantly. In her lifetime she lived in Idaho, Utah, Oregon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Alaska, and Nevada, living in some of those states more than once. She loved every place she ever lived, the same way she loved everyone she met. She gave of herself, helping those that were often overlooked because they were different or “strange” to others. She also opened her heart and home to the many cats and dogs, turtles, and other animal companions that she loved as much as she loved her family. She hated to see anyone suffer. She is survived by her six children, fifteen grandchildren, seven great-grand children, her parents, three brothers and four sisters, and two aunts and three uncles. She was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents, an uncle, and two aunts, among others. Funeral Services for Connie will be held Tuesday, November 10th, at 12:00 Noon, at Kolob 8th Ward, 840 South 400 East, Springville, Utah, where a Viewing will be held prior from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Interment in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, 500 North Main Street, Pleasant Grove, Utah. Funeral Directors: Utah Valley Mortuary.