Arthur "Art" Truman Gordon
July 12th, 1937 - July 12th, 2020
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Arthur "Art"'s Obituary
Arthur "Art" Truman Gordon, 83, of South Haven, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020 at his daughter’s home under Hospice Care. He was born July 12, 1937 in Springfield, Illinois to John and Letha (Nation) Gordon. Art honorably served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He attended Deerlick School in South Haven as a youngster where he met and would later marry Donna Dumdie on February 27, 1960. Art worked as a Surveyor and worked his way up to a Construction Supervisor for various Electric Utilities throughout his career. He was an avid golfer and genuinely loved the game of golf and his great golfin' buddies he played with any chance he got. He enjoyed fishing with his sons and brother, on any lake, for any type of fish. Art loved spending time with his family and friends and especially enjoyed singing the older Country songs with his extended Karaoke family. Art always looked forward to his annual trip down to Nashville with Linda.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife – Donna Gordon who passed away in 2008, and his three siblings.
Art is survived by his children – Daun (Robert) Gordon, Mark Gordon, and Beca Gordon all of South Haven, Jace Gordon of Gobles, and Zara (Shawn) Kingma of Holland, grandchildren – Alisha Gordon, Durk Gordon, Zack Gordon, Gabrielle Aleman-Gordon, Jaiden Kingma and Sofia Kingma, and his longtime girlfriend – Linda Schultz. Three great-grandchildren, Olive, Kyden and Alixzander also survive.
Private family services have been held.
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