James Hazen Gordon, Jr.

1925 - 1997  (71 years)

• Name	James Hazen Gordon
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	5 Jul 1925	Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Apr 1997	Tucson, Pima Co., AZ
  Notes	Mark Gordon met James Hazen Gordon, Jr., in Tucson where he spends his winters at his sister's (Janet Leedy Gordon Roach) home.  He normally lived in Cottonwood (AZ), moving permanently to Tucson in the Fall of 1996.  He suffered from severe diabetes which led to renal failure and, eventually, death. James Gordon worked as a radio officer in commercial shipping.  He graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.  Lived for several years in Anchorage, where he worked in a Graybar electrical store. He married and adopted his wife's daughters Diana Wickizer and Peggy Gordon of Portland, Oregon, at time of death. One evening he told MAG about driving to Alaska via the AlCan highway in winter, with his stepdaughter daughter.  Temperatures ranged downward to -70F. He died on April 30, 1997, at his sister's (Janet Gordon Roach) home in Tucson. His ashes were scattered in Tucson.  The obituary notice was in the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) on May 1, 1997.
  Person ID	I56437	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	James Hazen Gordon, Sr.,   b. 23 Jan 1882, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Nov 1976, Honolulu, Honolulu Co., HI  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Amy Ruth Leedy,   b. 2 Dec 1888, Pawnee, Sangamon Co., IL ,   d. 16 Nov 1973, Honolulu, Honolulu Co., HI  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1917
  Family ID	F20825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 5 Jul 1925 - Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ Died - 30 Apr 1997 - Tucson, Pima Co., AZ  = Link to Google Earth