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Walter Morrice Gordon

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Mr. Gordon attended Maplewood Church. He worked at Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. He enlisted in the Navy for four years and then the Air Force, for 16 years, serving during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, retiring in August of 1969. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2591, American Legion Post #642. One of his favorite past times was coupling his creativity with his meticulous nature to handcraft various woodworking projects.

He was very proud that he was the youngest of five siblings with all five serving in the military and that they were first generation Scotsmen.

Also surviving are two  daughters, Tamala J. Henderson and her husband Pat, of Sedalia and Alona G. Gordon, of St. Louis; a son, Jeffrey M. Gordon and his wife Rachael, of Kansas City, Missouri; two grandchildren, Wade and Lydia Henderson. He was predeceased by his parents; three brothers, Clement Reid Gordon, William Morrice Gordon and Alexander McNab Gordon; and a sister, Margaret Steedman Gordon Burnham.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Heckart Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Chapman and Rev. Jim Kane officiating.

Pallbearers will be Bill Jackson, Jim Sumner, Larry Kriesel, Pat Henderson, Wade Henderson and Jeff Gordon.

Burial will be in Salem Cemetery, with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2591 conducting full military honors at the graveside.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorial contributions to American Cancer Society, Maplewood Church or Show Me Honor Flight Veterans Fund.

Walter Morrice Gordon, 78, of Sedalia, died Friday, July 25, 2008, at his home.

He was born February 25, 1930, in Andover, Mass., a son of William Alexander Reid and Marjorie Pryde McNab Gordon. On August 15, 1957, in Beaman, Missouri, he married Jacquelyn Jo Gardner, who survives of the home.