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John W Jordan
18 Jun 1944 – 29 Nov 2016
| Birth | 18 Jun 1944 |
| Death | 29 Nov 2016 |
| Cemetery | Oak Ridge Cemetery Deadwood , Lawrence County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | KitKat on 10 Sep 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173536481 |
Bio
John was born to Clifford and Mini Jordan, he as the youngest of seven children. Soon after John's birth, his father was diagnosed with tuberculosis. The family farm near Armor, SD, was sold, and like a scene out of the Grapes of Wrath, the family traveled in an old Model A with household goods strapped to the top to Superior, AZ. The warm and dry climate did not provide the conditions expected to improve his father's health. The family soon moved back to South Dakota where his father became a patient in the sanatorium in Custer, SD. After his father's death when John was three, the family moved to White River, SD, to be close to his mother's family, the McKees. John was quick to stand up for himself and his family. Growing up in the 1950's he and his brothers and sisters suffered the social stigma because of tuberculosis, since it was well known that his father had died of the disease. Though John never knew his father well, he only had faint and vague memories of his dad, he was fortunate to have a "father-like" relationship with his uncle, Jim Goff. John lived with Uncle Jim and Aunt Evelyn in California during his early years of high school in the late 1950's. With a smile, John always called this his boot camp experience, since he was a somewhat rowdy teenager. John was married at the age of 21 to Susanne Smithburg, they are parents of three children, the marriage did not last. In 1982, John married again. John and his wife packed a lot into a thirty four year marriage marriage. In addition to working, raising children, doting on their grandchildren, they also traveled throughout the United States on their Honda motorcycle, and spent several years living in California during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays selling pumpkins and Christmas trees. John loved tinkering with anything that needed to be fixed. His home is scattered with finished projects, others still waiting his experienced touch. John is survived by his wife, and three children, two sisters,and many grand children. John was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Minnie; brothers, Clifford, Merle and Frank; sister, Betty Scull; and grandson, Ryan Waterland.
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- Clifford Vern Jordan Jr 1927–1990
- Betty Jean Jordan Stevens 1931–1991
- Merle LeRoy Jordan 1933–2003
- Bonnie Belle Jordan Wang 1935–2017
- PFC Franklyn Delano "Frank" Jordan 1939–2011
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