He was preceded in death by his wife, Mina Rae and a son Bradford as well as his parents and all of his brothers and sisters.
He lived in Minersville until 1937 and at that time the family moved to Gunnison, Utah. His parents bought him a saxophone when he was in the 7th grade and he learned how to play it without taking a lesson. He had an instruction book and he learned from that. After he learned how to play it he started playing in a dance band. He played in dance bands all through high school and during his first year of college.
He graduated from high school in 1943, and he wanted to learn how to fly so he joined the Naval Aviation Cadet program. He enlisted in the Navy when he was 17-years old. But since he had to be 18 to be a Navy Cadet he was not called to active duty until he turned 18. He reported to San Francisco on Thanksgiving Day of 1943. He spent two and a half years in the Navy and was discharged in April of 1946.
He always said he had two claims to fame: One was playing in a dance band with Roger Williams, and the other was meeting and chatting with Neal Armstrong, the first man on the moon.
He graduated from BYU in 1948. He then went to work for the Utoco Oil Company in Salt Lake City. The Amoco Oil Company bought Utoco and he was transferred to Kansas City in 1971.
He met Mina in 1949 and they were married in 1950. They had two children Dr. Bradford Hardy and Roxanne Hardy.
After 38 years, he retired from Amoco in 1986 and moved to Henderson in 1991.
He was active in the Church all of his adult life. He served as statistical ward clerk for seven years in Salt Lake City and seven years as financial clerk in Kansas City. He also served as Stake Auditor and in the Sunday School Stake presidency and as instructor in the High Priest's quorum. He and Mina served as ordinance workers in the Las Vegas temple for eleven years.
He is survived by his daughter Roxanne and his grandson Russell.
