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Walter H Gordon

Birth	:	18 Jun 1881
Death	:	9 Oct 1946 Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Ideal Cemetery, Huron, Beadle County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.3363991, -98.1952972
Description	:	Injuries received in an automobile accident last night were fatal to Walter H. Gordon, 65, De Smet, who died early today in a Huron hospital. According to Sheriff Melstad of Kingsbury County, the accident occurred about 8:20 last night on U.S. Highway 14, one mile east of Iroquois. Mr. Gordon, alone in the car, was returning to his home in De Smet from Huron, and had just turned out to pass a car. Apparently, he did not see an oncoming truck driven by H.T. Plotts of Blooming Prairie, Minn., who was enroute to Aberdeen and before he had a... Read More	Injuries received in an automobile accident last night were fatal to Walter H. Gordon, 65, De Smet, who died early today in a Huron hospital. According to Sheriff Melstad of Kingsbury County, the accident occurred about 8:20 last night on U.S. Highway 14, one mile east of Iroquois. Mr. Gordon, alone in the car, was returning to his home in De Smet from Huron, and had just turned out to pass a car. Apparently, he did not see an oncoming truck driven by H.T. Plotts of Blooming Prairie, Minn., who was enroute to Aberdeen and before he had a chance to turn back to the right side of the road the car and truck sideswiped. The Gordon car was badly demolished in the collision. Mr. Gordon was brought to a Huron hospital, where he died at 2 a.m. Mr. Gordon, a resident of Huron until two years ago when he and his wife moved to De Smet to operate Gordon's Cafe, was born June 18, 1881, at Springfield, Ill. He came with his parents to Dakota Territory in 1883 and they homesteaded near Miller. Later the family moved to Alpena where he received his schooling under the instructorship of the late Major O.W. Coursey of Huron. He was married to Sina Montague March 16, 1904, in Huron. In 1909, they homesteaded near Dallas and farmed for 17 years, moving back to Huron in 1926. They made their home at 444 Utah Avenue Southeast, until two years ago, when Mr. and Mrs. Gordon moved to De Smet. He is survived by the widow and one son, William Gordon, who, with his wife, operates another cafe in De Smet, the Derby; one granddaughter, Delores Gordon, of Huron; three brothers and two sisters; L.H. and F.C. Gordon, Huron; Eldon Gordon, Hot Springs; Mrs. Nelie Snedigar, Huron, and Mrs. Mattie Runyon of Los Angeles. He was preceded in death by a son and daughter, Dale, who died in 1937, and Eula, who died in 1943. Funeral services will be held at Welter's Chapel at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and burial will be mad win the family plot in Ideal Cemetery. The Daily Plainsman (Huron, South Dakota) 10/9/1946

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Walter H Gordon's memorial is located at: Ideal Cemetery, Huron, Beadle County, USA.
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Walter H Gordon death on 9 Oct 1946 in Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.3363991
Longitude: -98.1952972

Family Members:

Parent

William Charles Gordon

(1851 - 1937)

Mary Osborn Gordon

(1859 - 1935)

Spouse

Sina M. Montague Gordon

(1885 - 1968)

Siblings

Louis Harmon Gordon

(1885 - 1961)

Frederick Charles “Fred” Gordon

(1887 - 1957)

Nellie E. Snedigar

(1890 - 1965)

Eldon Osborn Gordon

(1894 - 1953)

Children

Eula Ruth Gordon Claude

(1904 - 1943)

Dale Dwight Gordon

(1906 - 1937)

William O. Gordon

(1907 - 1972)

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