On June 16th, 1931, Paul and Eva Thorsen welcomed their fourth child and second daughter on the family farm southwest of Gordon, Nebraska.  They named their baby girl Dorothy Alice.  In addition to her parents, she was welcomed into the world by her two older brothers, Don, Dwight, and her older sister, Esther.  

Dorothy attended country school through the 8th grade and in 1945 started her freshman year at Gordon High School.  She eventually graduated with the GHS class of

Roger William Voss was born on September 27, 1939 in Hay Springs, Nebraska to Irene Sylvia Holzberger Voss and Julius Christian Voss He left this earth on December 25, 2020 in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was a victim of COVID.

Roger went to grade school at the Lone Pine School and graduated from Gordon High School. He was a Gordon resident. Roger drove truck and farmed for many years. He had a lifelong love of horses and had registered Quarter Horses for 50 years.

Roger was preceded in death

Julie was born October 28, 1949, in Rushville, Nebraska to Dexter and Alice (Galbraith) Winter. She graduated from Rushville High School and went on to attend the Lincoln School of Commerce. 

On July 11, 1970, she married Joseph A. Gall in Lincoln. They made their home in Schuyler where Julie worked at the Schuyler State Bank until their children were born. She then became a loving daycare provider for many area children, many with whom she still is in contact with to this day. She had

Memorial service for Frieda E. Ladely, 86, of Norfolk will be held at a later date in Gordon, Nebraska in April of 2021. Frieda passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at her residence in Norfolk. Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk is in charge of the arrangements.

Frieda was born on December 21, 1934 in Hot Springs, South Dakota to Ferdinand and Marjorie (Martin) Knueppel.

She attended a country district school near Oral, South Dakota and graduated from Hot Springs High School in South

Richard was born on a farm in Lynn Grove, Iowa, on February 4, 1936. His family later moved to Superior, Iowa, where he went to school and worked on the family farm. Richard was Valedictorian of his 1954 class. Shortly after, he married his high school sweetheart, Lois on December 16, 1956, celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary last month. They went on to have three children: Steve, Shelly, and Scott.

Richard started his automotive career as a field representative for GMAC in Neb. In

John “Jack” Edward Thomas Drury, 94, passed away at Gateway Senior Living in Lincoln,

Nebraska on December 20, 2020. He was born in Gordon NE in 1926 to Claude and Blanch

(Abbott) Drury.

Jack spent much of his life in the Gordon area. He left his senior year of high school to join the

Navy during WWII. After returning from the Navy, he married his high school sweetheart, Dena Hooper. Together they split their time between a ranch out of Gordon and a house in town.

After

Andrea Isham Voss (Blondie) was born on November 18, 1955 in Chadron Nebraska to Robert W. Isham and Eleanor Joy (Norman) Isham. She attended Gordon High School until her junior year, ultimately graduating from Greeley High School in Colorado. She continued her education at Seattle University in Washington.  Her junior year she studied abroad, keeping a family tradition alive by going on Semester at Sea, which also helped start the legacy for the Isham grandchildren. She went on to the

Maxine Doris (Vincent) American Horse, 66, Rushville, NE died December 25, 2020 at the Gordon Memorial Hospital in Gordon, NE. Maxine was born April 12, 1954 in Rushville, NE to August and Evelyn (Furman)

Vincent. She grew up on the family ranch south of Rushville. She skipped kindergarten because, as she put it, “She excelled in sandbox”. She spent her grade school years at the Mill school and graduated from Rushville High School in 1971, where she held the girls shot put record