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Dorothy Gordon
[February 21, 2012]
McLEAN -- Dorothy E. Gordon, 78, of
McLean, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at 8:48 a.m. at Memorial Medical
Center in Springfield.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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McLean – Dorothy E. Gordon, 78, of McLean, passed
away at 8:48 a.m. on Monday, February 20, 2012, at
Memorial Medical Center.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gordon will be held on
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home in Atlanta. Mr. Tony Billingsley will
officiate.
Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
prior to the funeral at Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home.
Surviving Dorothy are her husband Rex of McLean; two
children: Tony E. (Laura) Gordon of McLean and
Sandra M. (Randol) Williams of Kennett, Mo.; two
sisters: Thelma (Bill) Allen of McLean, and Nellie
Renfrow of Atlanta; and one brother, Leo Horath of
Wyoming; four grandchildren: Gabe Gordon, Theresa
Mitchell, Shadd Gordon and Kody Gordon, and eight
great-grandchildren: Taylor, Tylar, MaKayla, MiKenna,
Ryan, London, Ethan and Kiyana.
She was preceded in death by one son, Alan Rex
Gordon and one grandson, Les Gordon.
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Dorothy Elizabeth Horath was born March 9, 1933, in Effingham, the
daughter of Andrew I. and Sarah E. Lilly Horath. She married Rex Gordon
on December 30, 1952. He survives.
Dorothy worked through the years at the Dixie Trucker's Stop in McLean,
Hornes and Admiral Tech. She loved raising her children and being
involved in the lives of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They
will dearly miss her.
Memorials may be made to the Mt. Hope/Funk's Grove Fire & Rescue
Department.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home of
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