Nadine Cordingley Fluckiger was born on September 14, 1929 in Ogden, Utah to Sylvia Hurst and Carl Seymor Cordingley. She graduated from Ogden High School and attended Weber College. On June 22, 1947 she married her sweetheart Arnold Burton Fluckiger in the Salt Lake Temple. They had six children. In 1951 she and Arnold moved to California so he could work on a Masters degree in architecture at Stanford University. They lived in the Bay Area for 30 years before returning to Salt Lake City. Nadine was an active member of the LDS Church and took great comfort in its plan of salvation and happiness. She served twice as Relief Society President and also worked extensively in genealogy, indexing over 40,000 names.
Nadine had a great interest in art, and served as a docent at the Church Museum of History and Art for a number of years. She was a Master Gardner, a great cook, and loved to play tennis in her younger years. She had a beautiful singing voice and was a member of many choirs. When asked what items she wanted in her obituary, she said to be sure to mention that she was a great parallel parker, a fierce pinochle player, and could text better than most of her children.
We, her family, know her as a woman who grew up under difficult circumstances, but who found a way not to pass those difficulties on to her children. Instead, she lived her life with grace, humor, and a touch of mischief. She had a strong sense of who she was, of what was right and fair, and of what was merciful. She gave to her family with her full heart. In hearing that a grandson had been born with Down Syndrome, after only a moment’s pause she said “We can do that.” And she did. With him and with all of her family. We will miss her terribly, but have comfort in her joyous reunion with her son and other family members who have gone before. She is well known to her savior, Jesus Christ, and we know He loves her dearly.
She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Arnold, and by her children Ann (Paul) Larsen, Laine (Cindi) Fluckiger, Allyson (Brad) Lyle, Barbara (Mike) Nelson, Dona (Charles) Haacke, and by many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, all of them above average. She is preceded in death by her son Bryce and her brother Don Cordingley.
