Gordon W. Card, 91, of Mallard Point Retirement Community in Cedar Falls, died at Sartori Memorial Hospital on Monday, February 15, 2010.
Gordon Washington Card was born July 26, 1918 in Parkersburg, Iowa, son of Clarence and Dora Klodt Card.
He married Earlene Tucker on December 28, 1939 in Palmyra, Missouri; she died July 8, 2003.
Gordon worked at Rath Packing from 1937 1962 as Frozen Food Sales Manager and then took over his father in law's farm operation in Plainfield, Iowa, in 1962.
He was a U.S. Air Force pilot during WWII and the Korean War. Gordon was past president of Bremer County Farm Bureau, honorary member of Bremer County Pork Producers, served on the Bremer County Fair Board, life member of AMVETS, and a former member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Waverly.
Gordon is survived by his daughter Kathy Breckunitch of Waterloo, granddaughter Joey (Nick) Podhajsky of Traer, Iowa, grandson Troy (Natascha) Breckunitch of Frankenthal, Germany, great grandson Jamie Breckunitch, sister Melba Nelson of Des Moines, niece Sylvia Christiansen of Des Moines. He is preceded in death by his son in law Jim Breckunitch, brother in law Everett Nelson, and nephew Sterling Nelson.
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