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Lana May <I>Steele</I> Gordon

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Lana May Steele Gordon

Birth
Peterson, Adams County, Indiana, USA
Death
30 Jan 1962 (aged 80)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Lena was first married to Arthur Newton Abbott 25 Oct 1899 at Adams Co., Indiana. They had five children:
nfant Child Abbott 1900 – 1900
Eva Edith Abbott 1901 – 1979
Lois Alline Abbott 1903 – 1994
Florence Ruth Abbott 1904 – 1997
Helen May Abbott 1911 – 1960

Lena was married married for a second time on 25 May 1915 at Wells Co., Indiana to Thomas Crosby Gordon. They had two children:
Doris Marie Gordon 1916 – 2000
Harry Eugene Gordon 1921 – 199

Bluffton News Banner
Wells County, Indiana
Wed., Jan. 31, 1962

MRS. LANA GORDON DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Mrs. Lana M. Gordon, 80, mother of Mrs. Truman Caylor of Bluffton, died unexpectedly late Tuesday afternoon at the Midway Airport in Chicago while en route here from California, where she had been visiting a daughter, Mrs. James Woodward of San Bernardino.

Born Aug. 2, 1881 in Adams County, she was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Jane Krick Steele. A former resident of Bluffton and Fort Wayne, she had resided the past 11 years in Florida. She was a member of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and was a member of the Church by the Sea in Miami Beach, Fla.

Surviving are two other daughters, Mrs. Ralph Stogdill of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Guy (Doris) Franceschani of Bryan, Tex.; one son, Harry Gordon of Holllywood, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Harold Moore of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Morse Steele of El Jabean, Fla., and Arthur Steele of Fort Wayne; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The body is at the Thoma Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Rev. L. G. Sapp officating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery
Lena was first married to Arthur Newton Abbott 25 Oct 1899 at Adams Co., Indiana. They had five children:
nfant Child Abbott 1900 – 1900
Eva Edith Abbott 1901 – 1979
Lois Alline Abbott 1903 – 1994
Florence Ruth Abbott 1904 – 1997
Helen May Abbott 1911 – 1960

Lena was married married for a second time on 25 May 1915 at Wells Co., Indiana to Thomas Crosby Gordon. They had two children:
Doris Marie Gordon 1916 – 2000
Harry Eugene Gordon 1921 – 199

Bluffton News Banner
Wells County, Indiana
Wed., Jan. 31, 1962

MRS. LANA GORDON DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Mrs. Lana M. Gordon, 80, mother of Mrs. Truman Caylor of Bluffton, died unexpectedly late Tuesday afternoon at the Midway Airport in Chicago while en route here from California, where she had been visiting a daughter, Mrs. James Woodward of San Bernardino.

Born Aug. 2, 1881 in Adams County, she was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Jane Krick Steele. A former resident of Bluffton and Fort Wayne, she had resided the past 11 years in Florida. She was a member of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and was a member of the Church by the Sea in Miami Beach, Fla.

Surviving are two other daughters, Mrs. Ralph Stogdill of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Guy (Doris) Franceschani of Bryan, Tex.; one son, Harry Gordon of Holllywood, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Harold Moore of Fort Wayne; two brothers, Morse Steele of El Jabean, Fla., and Arthur Steele of Fort Wayne; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The body is at the Thoma Funeral Home, where friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Rev. L. G. Sapp officating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery


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  • Maintained by: Karin King
  • Originally Created by: JC
  • Added: May 6, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69440623/lana_may-gordon: accessed ), memorial page for Lana May Steele Gordon (2 Aug 1881–30 Jan 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69440623, citing Fairview Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Karin King (contributor 47469179).