Douglas C. Gordon |
| Posted 2009-12-10 by Sharon |
| The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ October 29, 2003, B11 Douglas C. Gordon, age 73, a rancher and cowboy from the Cut Bank-Shelby, Mont. area, passed away Friday at a Great Falls Hospital due to natural causes. Memorial services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Whitted Funeral Chapel in Shelby. Burial of ashes with military honors will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Jean Gordon of Shelby; daughter, Cherie Wigen and husband Chris of Devon; son, Tom Gordon and wife Sara of Kevin; sister, Gem Dahlen of Kevin; brothers, Jock Gordon of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Bill Gordon of Lewistown as well as three grandchildren, Deen, Taylor and Lane Gordon. His parents, a sister, Brucia Crane and an infant sister Patty all preceded him in death. He was born Nov. 30, 1929 at Kevin to Douglas E. and Bess (Marler) Gordon. He grew up in Whitlash where he attended grade school. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. Doug married Jean Potter April 20, 1959 at Boise, Idaho. They lived in Shelby where he was a yard foreman for the Shelby Livestock yards. In 1965, he went to work on the Bill Newhouse Ranch by the Two Medicine River south of Cut Bank as the ranch foreman. In 1976, he bought the Potter Ranch south of Kevin, which he operated until 1996, when a stroke forced him to retire. They couple spent the past several winters in Wickenburg, Ariz. He enjoyed horses, cows, team roping and just being a cowboy, all of which he was very good at. Doug was also a great storyteller. He particularly loved going to rodeos and was a saddle bronc rider and participated in team roping in his younger days. He was a member of the Cut Bank VFW, Cut Bank Roping Club, National Team Roping Assoc, and NOTRA (National Old Timers Rodeo Assoc). |
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