Hamilton County

 

Eugene Robert Gordon

 

 

 

His Obituary: Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA - Mar. 23, 1988

Graveside committal services for Eugene Gordon, 74, will be held Friday, March 25 at 10:30 a.m. at Graceland Cemetery with the Rev. Kenneth Fogelman officiating. Graveside flag folding will be done by American Legion Post 191 of Webster City. Friends may call at Foster Funeral Home at noon on Thursday, March 24 until 10 a.m. Friday, March 25.

Mr. Gordon, a former Webster City resident, died Monday, March 21 at his home in Forest Hill, La.

Eugene Gordon, son of David and Margaret McClain Gordon, was born Jan. 30, 1914 at Naperville, Ill.

On Jan. 9, 1946, he married Lucille Henderson at Webster City. The couple resided at Webster City where he was employed at Beam Industries. He was later employed at the Rock Island Arsenal.

He is survived by his wife; one son, Logan of Fort Dodge; three grandchildren and four brothers, Frank of Webster City, Jay of Rock Island, Ill., Lyle of Pensacola, Fla.., and Dale of Waukegan, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister.

He was a member of Company E, 133rd Infantry, Red Bull Division.

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