EXETER — Kevin J. Jordan, 57, of Exeter, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born Sept. 28, 1956, in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Donald M. and Mary Lenahan Jordan, of Kingston.
He attended Bishop O'Reilly High School and King's College and was a well-known local journalist. He began his radio career in 1972 working for WBAX-AM and later joined WILK-AM and WARM-AM. In 1979, he returned to WILK as news director and in 1981 his news department won the coveted Joe Snyder Award from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
In 1982, he joined WBRE TV 28 as bureau chief and later joined WDAU TV 22, as a reporter. He retired in 1997 after 25 years as a broadcaster.
During his career, he won numerous awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. Among the notable stories he covered were the George Banks mass murder, Francis Hannon murder case, and he was subpoenaed to testify before Wilkes-Barre City Council.
He later served as the Director of Luzerne County Voter Services from 1997 to 2004 and ushered in the computerization of the office. Most recently he worked at The Men's Wearhouse, Pittston.
Kevin was the "Voice of the Queensmen" serving as the public address announcer at Bishop O'Reilly High School sporting events, the former president of Professional News Media Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, member of the board of directors of VISION and Luzerne County Head Start, served as a semi-professional umpire with the United States Slowpitch Softball Association and the United Umpires Union.
Surviving are his son, Kevin Christopher "K.C." Jordan, Conshohocken, and daughter, Erin Jordan, West Wyoming; brother, Mark Jordan and his wife, Maureen, Kingston; sisters, Eileen Rishcoff and her husband, Bernard, West Wyoming, and Kathleen Jordan, Kingston; godson, Sean Jordan; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held 9 a.m. Thursday from the Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 N. Maple Ave., Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Private interment services will be held in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to American Lung Association , 71 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701; or Holy Redeemer High School, 159 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.maher-collins.com.
He attended Bishop O'Reilly High School and King's College and was a well-known local journalist. He began his radio career in 1972 working for WBAX-AM and later joined WILK-AM and WARM-AM. In 1979, he returned to WILK as news director and in 1981 his news department won the coveted Joe Snyder Award from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
In 1982, he joined WBRE TV 28 as bureau chief and later joined WDAU TV 22, as a reporter. He retired in 1997 after 25 years as a broadcaster.
During his career, he won numerous awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. Among the notable stories he covered were the George Banks mass murder, Francis Hannon murder case, and he was subpoenaed to testify before Wilkes-Barre City Council.
He later served as the Director of Luzerne County Voter Services from 1997 to 2004 and ushered in the computerization of the office. Most recently he worked at The Men's Wearhouse, Pittston.
Kevin was the "Voice of the Queensmen" serving as the public address announcer at Bishop O'Reilly High School sporting events, the former president of Professional News Media Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, member of the board of directors of VISION and Luzerne County Head Start, served as a semi-professional umpire with the United States Slowpitch Softball Association and the United Umpires Union.
Surviving are his son, Kevin Christopher "K.C." Jordan, Conshohocken, and daughter, Erin Jordan, West Wyoming; brother, Mark Jordan and his wife, Maureen, Kingston; sisters, Eileen Rishcoff and her husband, Bernard, West Wyoming, and Kathleen Jordan, Kingston; godson, Sean Jordan; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held 9 a.m. Thursday from the Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 N. Maple Ave., Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Private interment services will be held in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to American Lung Association , 71 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701; or Holy Redeemer High School, 159 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.maher-collins.com.
EXETER — Kevin J. Jordan, 57, of Exeter, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born Sept. 28, 1956, in Wilkes-Barre, a son of the late Donald M. and Mary Lenahan Jordan, of Kingston.
He attended Bishop O'Reilly High School and King's College and was a well-known local journalist. He began his radio career in 1972 working for WBAX-AM and later joined WILK-AM and WARM-AM. In 1979, he returned to WILK as news director and in 1981 his news department won the coveted Joe Snyder Award from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
In 1982, he joined WBRE TV 28 as bureau chief and later joined WDAU TV 22, as a reporter. He retired in 1997 after 25 years as a broadcaster.
During his career, he won numerous awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. Among the notable stories he covered were the George Banks mass murder, Francis Hannon murder case, and he was subpoenaed to testify before Wilkes-Barre City Council.
He later served as the Director of Luzerne County Voter Services from 1997 to 2004 and ushered in the computerization of the office. Most recently he worked at The Men's Wearhouse, Pittston.
Kevin was the "Voice of the Queensmen" serving as the public address announcer at Bishop O'Reilly High School sporting events, the former president of Professional News Media Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, member of the board of directors of VISION and Luzerne County Head Start, served as a semi-professional umpire with the United States Slowpitch Softball Association and the United Umpires Union.
Surviving are his son, Kevin Christopher "K.C." Jordan, Conshohocken, and daughter, Erin Jordan, West Wyoming; brother, Mark Jordan and his wife, Maureen, Kingston; sisters, Eileen Rishcoff and her husband, Bernard, West Wyoming, and Kathleen Jordan, Kingston; godson, Sean Jordan; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held 9 a.m. Thursday from the Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 N. Maple Ave., Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Private interment services will be held in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to American Lung Association , 71 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701; or Holy Redeemer High School, 159 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.maher-collins.com.
He attended Bishop O'Reilly High School and King's College and was a well-known local journalist. He began his radio career in 1972 working for WBAX-AM and later joined WILK-AM and WARM-AM. In 1979, he returned to WILK as news director and in 1981 his news department won the coveted Joe Snyder Award from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
In 1982, he joined WBRE TV 28 as bureau chief and later joined WDAU TV 22, as a reporter. He retired in 1997 after 25 years as a broadcaster.
During his career, he won numerous awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. Among the notable stories he covered were the George Banks mass murder, Francis Hannon murder case, and he was subpoenaed to testify before Wilkes-Barre City Council.
He later served as the Director of Luzerne County Voter Services from 1997 to 2004 and ushered in the computerization of the office. Most recently he worked at The Men's Wearhouse, Pittston.
Kevin was the "Voice of the Queensmen" serving as the public address announcer at Bishop O'Reilly High School sporting events, the former president of Professional News Media Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, member of the board of directors of VISION and Luzerne County Head Start, served as a semi-professional umpire with the United States Slowpitch Softball Association and the United Umpires Union.
Surviving are his son, Kevin Christopher "K.C." Jordan, Conshohocken, and daughter, Erin Jordan, West Wyoming; brother, Mark Jordan and his wife, Maureen, Kingston; sisters, Eileen Rishcoff and her husband, Bernard, West Wyoming, and Kathleen Jordan, Kingston; godson, Sean Jordan; nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held 9 a.m. Thursday from the Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 N. Maple Ave., Kingston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola. Private interment services will be held in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made to American Lung Association , 71 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701; or Holy Redeemer High School, 159 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.maher-collins.com.
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