JORDAN, Merle R. (1917-2005)

JORDAN

Posted By: Don Boucher (email)
Date: 3/4/2013 at 07:50:00

Obituary from The Des Moines Register newspaper, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA on 2-26-2005:

Merle Robert Jordan, 87, died Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at Madison County Health System in Winterset. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 26, 2005 at the Patterson United Methodist Church, Patterson. Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lincoln Cemetery, Knoxville. Memorials may be made to the Patterson United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset.

Merle was born November 28, 1917 in Knoxville, Iowa, the son of L.T. and Lena (Shivvers) Jordan. He served in the United States Navy during WWII. His marriage to Margery Nichols took place on June 18, 1942 in Long Beach, California. Merle was a farmer during most of his life and was an active part of the Community.

Survivors include his wife, Margery of Winterset; two sons, Larry Jordan (Gayle) of Pleasant Hill and Dennis Jordan (Kathy) of Prole; four grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, LaVern, Tommy, Raymond and Ellis Jordan; one sister, Lorene Robuck; and a grandchild, Larry Todd Jordan.