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Willard Richards Card was born 6 February 1921 to Orson Rega Card (1891-1984) and Lucana Richards (1893-1991) . He married Peggy Jane Park (living) 8 March 1944 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Shortly after 1951, he moved the family to San Mateo County, California and then to Salt Lake City for to complete a bachelor's degree after a back injury made him leave his "sign company." After that, they returned to California and settled in Santa Clara.

In 1964, Willard, took a faculty position at Arizona State University and moved the family to Mesa, Arizona. In 1967 they moved to Orem, Utah, so that Willard could work at Brigham Young University.


Children


Offspring of Willard Richards Card and Peggy Jane Park (living)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Janice Card (-)
Willard Sherman Card (1947)
Orson Scott Card (1951) 24 August 1951 Richland, Benton County, Washington, United States Kristine Allen (living)
Russell Gordon Card (-)
Delpha Elizabeth Card (-)
Arlen Lester Card (1961) 11 April 1961 Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, United States Jennifer Card (living)


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  1. Janice Card (-)
  2. Willard Sherman Card (1947)
  3. Orson Scott Card (1951) - an American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist, but is known best for his novel Ender's Game (1985). He served a mission for the LDS Church to Brazil.
  4. Russell Gordon Card (-)
  5. Delpha Elizabeth Card (-)
  6. Arlen Lester Card (1961) - an American composer and arranger, served a mission for the LDS Church to Chile.



Siblings


Offspring of Orson Rega Card (1891-1984) and Lucena Richards (1893-1991)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Richard Young Card (1915-2004)
Delpha Card (1918-2014)
Willard Richards Card (1921-2016) 6 February 1921 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah 3 December 2016 Provo, Utah County, Utah Peggy Jane Park (1923-2015)


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