Edna Lois (Sanders) Gordon (1923 - 2005)

Born 4 Mar 1923 in Wheaton, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Ancestors

Wife of Leroy A. Gordon — married 26 Sep 1981 in Beatrice, Nebraska

Died 22 Sep 2005 at age 82 in Mercy Regional Health Center, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas

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Biography

Buried 25 Sep 2005. Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery, Seneca, Seneca County, Kansas.

Sources

• "Obituary: Raymond Sanders," The Topeka Capital-Journal, Kansas, 17 Dec 2000 available online at "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS9-ZGYQ : 31 July 2014), Arcena Crevier Sanders in entry for Raymond B Sanders, 14 Dec 2000; citing Obituary, in "The Topeka Capital-Journal"; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln.
• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRK2-44P : accessed 21 September 2016), Household of Joseph W Sanders, Beattie, Guittard Township, Marshall, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-13, sheet 1A, family 5, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1245. (age 17)
• United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QK-CT8 : 8 December 2015), Household of Joseph Sanders, Beattie, Marshall, Kansas, United States; citin enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 4A, family 94, Census of the United States, 1930, NARA digital publication T626. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 710. (age 7, born in Kansas)
• "Obituary: E. Lois Gordon," Lauer Funeral Home, Seneca, Kansas, 24 Sep 2005 (https://www.lauerfuneralhome.com/obituary/e-lois-gordon/: accessed 15 Oct 2021) - born 4 Mar 1923, Wheaton, Kansas, parents, graduated Beattie High School, marriage (no date) to William E. Depoortere, his death 22 Sep 1975, second marriage to Leroy "Buss" Gordon on 26 Sep 1981, Beatrice, Nebraska, his death 10 Jan 2005, her death 22 Sep 2005 Mercy Medical Center, Seneca; and burial 25 Sep 2005, Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Seneca. Residences: Kansas City til 1975, Lake Nemaha til 1981, then Marysville, Seneca, and Washington, Kansas and back to Seneca in Sep 2004. Employment: 1960-1975, N. Kansas City manager nationwide catalog company; 1977-1987, CR Industries. Interests: reading, puzzles, gardening, growing flowers, and sewing. Preceded by: 2 husbands, sibilings (Raymond Sanders, Marie Thorn, Arcena Pifer, and Rose and Lila as infants)
• "Obituary: E. Lois Gordon," Marysville Advocate, Kansas, 29 Sep 2005
• "Obituary: E. Lois Gordon," Topeka Capital-Journal, 24 Sep 2005
• Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39566900: accessed 16 Sep 2016), memorial page for Edna Lois Sanders Gordon (4 Mar 1923-22 Sep 2005), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39566900 (quotes funeral home obituary; includes photo of Lois and photo of gravestone showing marriage date to William Depoortere and names of her children)