Lawrence W. Sardoni, died July 7, 1996.
He was born January 2, 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lawrence W. and Elizabeth Thomas Sardoni. He married Ilene Oldroyd, June 6, 1934 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from Davis High, Kaysville, Utah, and from Brigham Young University, where he received a BA and MA degree in music. He taught school at Fountain Green, Utah, was chairman of the music department at Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he organized and was conductor of the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra. He served in the Navy in World War II. In 1945 he joined the music faculty at BYU, where he served for 30 years as professor of violin and conductor of orchestra, opera and oratio. Under his direction the BYU Symphony appeared in most of the major cities of Western United States. He served as visiting professor at several universities and was guest conductor of many orchestras. He served for two years as conductor of the Utah Valley Symphony.Prof. Sardoni was an active member of the LDS Church, serving as bishop, high councilman, president of a Spanish branch at the MTC, ordinance worker and sealer in the Provo Temple. He worked for 15 years in the Spanish extraction program. He with his wife, Ilene, served as missionaries in the Peru Arequipa mission.
Survivors include, Elizabeth Jackson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lawrence W. Sardoni, Jr., North Haledon, New Jersey; Jean Harris, Lindon, Utah; John Sardoni-Whitman, Roosevelt, Utah, and Sharon Miller, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is survived by 29 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death in 1991.
Funeral services will be in the Provo 12th-13th Ward Chapel, 945 East 700 North, Provo, Saturday, 11 a.m. Viewing will be in the Berg Mortuary, Friday 6-8 p.m. and at the chapel one hour before services. Interment will be in the East Lawn Memorial Cemetery, 4800 North 650 East, Provo.
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