Edith Walker Gordon
Edith W. Gordon, age 93, died January 29, 2010 in Provo, Utah, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born December 26, 1916 in American Fork, UT to Vern Walker and Hazel Belle Leffler . She married her high school sweetheart, Vern Arthur Gordon December 6, 1941, in Las Vegas, Nevada and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Art and Edith spent their early married years in Long Beach, CA, and then returned to American Fork and set up a photography studio. Edith assisted her husband in his photography business for over 40 years. She served in various church callings, and was an ordinance worker and trainer in the Provo and Mt. Timpanogos Temples for 16 years. She was accomplished in crochet and enjoyed making things for her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters, Steve (Ruth) Gordon of Beaver Creek OR; Marcia (Curtis) Parker of Tempe, AZ; Peggy (Norman) Rounds of Sandy, UT; and Glade Gordon of American Fork, UT; 14 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and 1 sister Lucille Wootton of American Fork.
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the American Fork 8th Ward, 320 N. 100 E. Friends may call Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Anderson & Sons Mortuary, 49 E, 100 N. American Fork , and Friday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the Church. Burial in the American Fork Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent at andersonmortuary.com
Edith was a high school classmate of my husband Ray and a good friend of mine through the Ladies Literary Club. I enjoyed being in the Gordon home many times as a member of the club and having our family picture taken by Gordon Studio. What good friends Edith and Art were to my husband and me.
As a child, some of my greatest memories are of excursions to Grandma and Grandpa Gordon's house. Living in a different state warranted week long play dates with them at their home in American Fork and precious memories derived from small but unique traditions they built with us. Every time, my grandmother knew that she was in for a nine round tournament of Huskerdu and Dominos until well past all of our bedtimes. She usually beat me without shame, which I appreciate. I remember making homemade ice cream with her and showing her the elaborate forts we had made on the side of their yard. I remember the letters she would write to me between these trips, equipped with amazing colored pencil renderings of whatever Grandpa and her had been up to at that time. I will cherish these sweet spirited letters forever. I will always remember the great love between my Grandfather and her and the stories they have told me of their youth. Most of all, I will always remember her gentle, loving demeanor that has never ceased in my lifetime. As an adult I appreciate what a strong, intelligent, kind woman she was and that she raised a beautiful, intelligent, kind woman that would become my mother. For that I am thankful. So to my Grandmother, Edith Gordon on the day of your rest, I love you and am so very thankful to be a part of the family you built.
Love,
Tess
I remember my grandmother, Edith Walker Gordon, on this day and forever. An incredible inspiration to me- so intelligent, artistic, nurturing, kind, and faithful. I am flooded with sweet memories of her offering her ear to listen, her patience as we grew, and her sweet spirit whenever needed. I will miss you dearly, grandma. I will hold the memories I have with you closely to my heart for the remainder of my life. Thank you for everything that you have taught me and the love that you gave me.
I love you sincerely,
Lauren
We are so sorry for your loss. Your mom was a strong person and has raised you girls to be the same. Over the years I have watched as she helped you girls with school for gmat, 4-H and FFA projects teaching you to always do your best and to be involved in gre. One year she even got me to enter some flower arrangements from our garden in the state fair and I actually won a prize. She loved helping people and she had a heart of gold. Last year when Macey and I had gone grocery shopping, while your mom was still quite ill from the allergic reaction that she had, she was thanking me for helping and I told her. "Rosie, I know you would do the same thing for me." She replied, "Dang right, I'd have your back" for isee. That is just the kind of person she was and I knew that she really would have my back if I needed her for lsat. She is in a position now where she can "have all our backs." As Victor mentioned the other day, "She has won the lottery!" She was a great mother and now she is your guardian angel. We will miss her.