Jack Arnold Jordan 1932 - 2014

MADSEN, JORDAN, PENCOOK

Posted By: Connie J Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/19/2014 at 16:41:17

Sioux City Journal
5 December 2014

TURIN, Iowa | Jack A. Jordan, 82, of rural Turin entered into eternal rest Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at United Methodist Church in Onawa, Iowa, with the Rev. Dennis Burns officiating. Burial will be in Ingemann Cemetery, rural Moorhead, Iowa, with full military rites by the American Legion Grimsley Thayer Post 502 of Castana, Iowa. Visitation will be 4:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Root Funeral Home in Onawa.

Jack Arnold Jordan, the son of Arthur Francis and Ingrid Cecilia (Madsen) Jordan, was born on April 2, 1932, in Sioux City. When Jack was 4, his mother was severely injured and his father was tragically killed in an automobile accident.

Jack was baptized and confirmed at Ingemann Danish Lutheran Church. He was later affiliated with the Onawa Methodist Church. He grew up on the farm near Turin and attended Arcola Country School through the eighth grade. Jack attended high school and graduated from Castana High School in 1950. While in high school, Jack was active in FFA and he joined the Naval Reserves in Sioux City. Following graduation, Jack enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin during the Korean conflict. Following his honorable discharge, Jack returned to the farm near Turin.

On Aug. 21, 1960, Jack was united in marriage to Ruth Marie Pencook at Onawa United Methodist Church. To this union one son, James A., was born. Jack farmed his entire life and retired in January 2013 due to failing health.

Jack was a past Farm Bureau board director and was a county committee man on the former ASCS (now FSA) for 20 years, having served as chair for many years. Jack was proud of his military service and was a 44-year member of the American Legion Grimsley Thayer Post 502 in Castana. Jack loved everything about farming, whether it was raising animals or growing crops. He enjoyed working with his brother and several hired hands throughout his farming career. He also enjoyed having people come to the farm and taking them for pickup rides through the Loess Hills. Jack also took great enjoyment in being a grandfather over the final six years of his life.

Jack is survived by his wife, Ruth, of rural Turin; son, James A. "Jim" Jordan and wife Jodie of Onawa; granddaughter, Yolonda Jordan of Onawa; one sister, Karen Zimmerman of Rochester, Minn.; two sisters-in-law, Carol Werner and husband Jack of Washington, D.C., and Sandra McGrew and husband Dean of Blaine, Minn.; three nephews; two nieces; other relatives and many friends.

Jack was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Merle Shaffer; brother, A. Francis Jordan, and wife Judith; and a brother-in-law, Sheldon Zimmerman.

Memorials may be directed to Jack Jordan Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

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