Helen Frances Syndergaard

Birth: Oct. 25, 1928 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA Death: Nov. 17, 2011 Farmington Davis County Utah, USA

Our beloved mother and grandmother, Helen "Cindy" Syndergaard Saal, passed away on November 17, 2011 in Farmington, Utah.

Cindy was born October 25, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Neil Anthony Syndergaard and Anna Elizabeth Jensen Syndergaard. She attended West High School, graduating in 1945.

She married Paul Champion on August 17, 1947 in Salt Lake City. They were later divorced. Cindy married Karl William Saal on December 29, 1955 in Salt Lake City. He passed away on October 1, 1970 in Cucamonga, California.

In addition to being a full-time homemaker, Cindy worked for many years in the insurance industry in Salt Lake City.

Cindy is survived by a brother, Merrill Jay (Jo Anne) Syndergaard of Salt Lake City, and her children Paula (Patrick) Clark of Mountain Green, Utah; Cindy (Robert) Bard of West Valley City, Utah; Mark (Rugan) Saal of Farmington, Utah; and Mary (David) Yearout of West Valley City, Utah. She was proud of her seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The family wishes to thank the hospice workers at Rocky Mountain Care, as well as the many friends in her Cottonwood Heights neighborhood.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Friends may call from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2011 and one hour prior to Tuesday's service at the mortuary. Interment at Elysian Burial Gardens in Millcreek Township. Published in the Deseret News from November 20 to November 21, 2011.