Gary Lee GORDON

GORDON, BELL, NIELSEN, PACHA, MELLEIN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/31/2015 at 16:03:57

May 30, 1956 --- January 27, 2015

Gary L. Gordon, age 58, of Rowan passed away Tuesday January 27, 2015 at his residence south of Rowan. Funeral services for Gary L. Gordon will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday January 31, 2015 at the United Church of Rowan. Pastor Nancy Hofmeister will officiate. Burial will take place in the Graceland cemetery near Rowan. Visitation for Gary L. Gordon will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Friday January 30, Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond and wil continue for one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Memorials may be made in Gary Gordon's name to the family.

Gary Lee Gordon was born on May 30, 1956 to Lloyd and Julia Bell Gordon. He was baptized and confirmed in the United Church of Christ in Rowan, Iowa. Gary attended school in Rowan, then Belmond, graduating in 1974. Gary was employed by Cargill, Inc. in Rowan before earning a degree at North Iowa Community College. He became a tractor mechanic for Snyder Implement of Dows and Helland and Long of Belmond. He felt his job as a mechanic was affecting his hearing so he became employed by the United States Postal Service first in Pella, then in Ames retiring in August 2013.

Gary was never married but loved his dogs Bear, Kelly and Rex. They were his” kids”. Gary will be remembered for many things, most of all his big heart and his daredevil attitude. If you needed something he was there for you. He started out at a young age with a go-cart racing around the yard and out into the road when Mom supposedly wasn’t looking, to a dirt bike jumping ditches to at last a Harley Davidson motorcycle. He was even known to get the skid loader to pop wheelie’s going down the hog floor pad. In his early 30’s he was an avid bicycle rider. He rode many RAGBRAIs getting in shape by riding his bike to Clear Lake on his way to work in Belmond. Gary was active in Boy Scouts and 4-H while growing up. He was a free spirit.

Gary is survived by his mother, Julia Gordon, Brother Vern Gordon (Sally) of Belmond, Sister Kathryn Nielsen (Gary) of Rowan. Nieces Angie Pacha, Sarah Nielsen, Aimee Mellein, nephews Corey Nielsen, Adam Gordon, numerous great nieces and nephews, aunts, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by his father Lloyd Gordon, maternal and paternal grandparents.

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