Gorden
Henry Phelps, 87
Goodridge
- Gorden Henry Phelps, 87, died on Sunday,
February 1, 2004 at Northwest Medical Center in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004 at
1 p.m., at Johnson Green Funeral Chapel in Thief
River Falls, with Pastor Virgil Rasmussen
officiating. Casket bearers include all of Gorden's
family. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in
Thief River Falls.
Visitation
will be held one hour prior to the service at the
funeral home on Thursday.
Gorden
Henry Phelps was born on September 16, 1916 in
Thief River Falls, the son of Frank and Eliza
(Nelson) Phelps. He was baptized into the Christian
faith in Highlanding, and attended rural school
near Goodridge. Gorden worked at the CCC Camp in
Middle River. On December 2, 1941 he entered the
United States Army and served in France during
World War II. He was Honorably Discharged on
February 14, 1946.
Gorden
was united in marriage to Alma Margaret Asp on
February 26, 1946 at a Lutheran Church in New
Richmond, Wis. The couple moved to the Goodridge
area and farmed their entire lives. In the early
1960's Gorden worked in the Oil Fields in Western
North Dakota. He then worked at Arctic Cat for 10
years.
He
enjoyed woodworking, refurbishing furniture,
repairing pump organs and taking them all apart and
gathering information for the 'Family Tree.' Gorden
also loved gardening, flowers and feeding birds,
squirrels and rabbits and watching them.
Survivors
include by his wife, Alma of Goodridge; five
children: Eileen (Richard) Glanzer of Willmar,
Virgil (Gale) Phelps of San Diego of Calif, Gaylon
Phelps and special friend, Annette Magnell of
Goodridge, Eldon Phelps of Goodridge, and Robert
(Noreen) Phelps of Goodridge; eight grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren; and many nieces and
nephews.
Gorden
was preceded in death by his parents; brothers and
sisters: Jessie Phelps, Blanche Campbell, Edwin
Phelps, Lloyd Phelps, Doris Sturre, Dvern Sheridan,
Muriel Asp, Ardith Schwabauer and Sterling Phelps.
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