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Services for Carol June Gordon, 52, of Caldwell, who died
Wednesday, Sept. 18, at a Caldwell hospital, will be conducted
at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Flahiff Funeral Chapel,
Caldwell. Her twin brother, Darol Ady of Carey, will
officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial
Gardens, Caldwell.
Mrs. Gordon was born June 23, 1933, in Elmer, Okla., to
George and Christine Howell Ady. In 1938 the family moved to
Lexington, Okla., where she attended school. In 1946 they
moved to Socorro, N.M., and then to Las Cruces, N.M., in 1949
where she graduated from high school in 1951. She attended
New Mexico State University and Abilene Christian University
in Abilene, Texas. She married Gerald A. Gordon on Jan. 30,
1954, in Las Cruces, N.M. She completed her formal education
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in secondary education from
Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, N.M. The couple
lived in New Mexico until 1969 when they moved to North
Carolina. In 1977 they came to Caldwell where she worked as a
librarian and did substitute teaching. She was a member of
the Church of Christ, 10th and Ustick Road, of the Canyon Soil
Conservation District Ladies Auxillary and of the Women's
Chapter of Columbia Christian College, Portland. Ore.
She is survived by her husband, Gerald of Caldwell; one
son, Ensign Timothy W. Gordon on the U.S.S. Saratoga in the
Mediterranean; two daughters, Cheryle Hopkins of Yuma, Ariz.,
and Kimberly Engelbrecht of Irving, Texas; her mother,
Christine H. Ady of Caldwell; two brothers, Darol Ady of Carey
and Richard Ady of Santa Rosa, Calif.; five grandchildren;
five nieces and five nephews. She was preceded in death by her
father. The family suggests that memorials may be given to the
Columbia Christian College in care of Mr. Gordon. |
