Gordon, Arthur 1921-1991

GORDON, FRENCH, WHITLOCK, GASTON, MOORE, KELLY, SCOTT, SIMMONS, DICKERSON

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 4/29/2005 at 14:13:49

Newton (IA) Daily News June 13, 1991
Gordon, Arthur

Funeral services for Arthur H. "Bud" Gordon, 70, of 432 S. 5th Ave. W., a longtime resident of Newton, were held today, June 12, at Wallace-Pence Funeral Home.

The Rev. Rick Johnson, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Greene, conducted services. Burial was in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Memorials in his name will be accepted.

He died Monday evening, at the Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines of cancer.

Survivors are his wife, Margaret; two sons, Thomas Arthur and Benjamin Thomas, both of Newton; five daughters, Beverly (Mrs. Matt) French of Newton, Rosemary Kelly of Belfast, North Ireland, Kathleen Whitlock of Londonderry, North Ireland, Patricia Moore of the Isle of Man and Sharon Gaston of Antrim, North Ireland; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Dorothy Gordon and Glaudia "Sally" Scott.

Mr. Gordon, a building construction laborer, was a retired member of Local 177, Laborers' International Union of North America.

He was a World War II veteran of the medical corps, stationed in England and Ireland.

The son of Arthur and Pearl Simmons Gordon, he was born May 1, 1921 in Hammond, Ind., and attended Newton Schools.

He was married to Margaret L. Dickerson in August, 1953 in Carson City, Nev.

Originally submitted on Sat Apr 20 06:24:24 2002