DAVID JORDAN
1931 - 2017
Obituary
David James Jordan, 85, of Newton, died
Tuesday (Aug. 8, 2017) at Newton Medical Center.
He was born on Nov. 21, 1931, in
Economy, Indiana, the son of Raymond Ward and Jennie Juanita Atkinson
Jordan. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. degree in
Agriculture Economics.
David married Donna Wilson on Oct. 10,
1953, in Cambridge City, Indiana. Shortly after, he enlisted in the
U.S. Army as a food inspector at Camp Darby, near Livorno, Italy,
during the Korean Conflict.
He later married Annabell Cryder Blair
on June 17, 1977, in Jenks, Oklahoma. She died on Dec. 10, 2009.
For more than 30 years, he was a
consultant for MacDow Industries in Winnipeg, Canada, and was still
working with them at the time of his death. He also owned and
operated Jordan Concepts.
He was a member of the Central
Christian Church in Wichita. He enjoyed doing photography and loved
classical music.
David moved from the Tulsa, Oklahoma,
area to Newton to be closer to his family shortly after the death of
Annabell.
Survivors include his son, Mark Wilson
Jordan of North Newton; daughters: Ann Elaine Walker and husband
Richard, Judy Ellen Wiebe and husband Donald, all of Newton, Susan
Eileen Ray and husband Todd of Hutchinson and Carol Elizabeth Roths
and husband Randy of Wichita; one brother, Raymond Thomas Jordan of
Muncie, Indiana; brother-in-law, Vic Kendall of Rushville, Indiana;
11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
David is also preceded in death by his
parents; and two sisters, Margaret McCoy and Louise Kendall.
Funeral services will be held at 10
a.m. Friday (Aug. 11, 2017) at Trinity Heights United Methodist
Church in Newton. Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in
Newton.
A memorial has been established with
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
Contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E.
Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
