Uncle Gordon was the best of the litter of all my entire families generation for that generation

I worked with Gordon for many years during our related carreers with the F.A.A. at Denver Stapleton Airport.  Gotdon in maitenance of radar and communications, and myself in Air Traffic Control.
Gordon was a person I highly admired.  
I'm very honored to have known and worked with him. 
      Frank Lankford
        Aurora, CO.

Where do you start with Gordon?  I suppose my fondest memories were, of course, skiing with him but equally enjoyable were our conversations during the rides up the chairlift. We would talk about so many different subjects and he had a genuine interest in what you had to say - even if you were just a teenager. He was so positive, kind, and inquisitive and he stayed that way his whole life.  He was ahead of his time in many ways.  He was unassuming.  One of my favorite stories was the time he took us to work at the FAA.  We walked around the building and everywhere we went he was greeted so warmly by his fellow workers.  I thought to myself, "He certainly is well liked by everyone." -- which wasn't surprising.  It was only when I walked by a staffing chart and saw his picture with "Chief" under it that I realized he was the head of the whole thing.  He never mentioned it once!
I will miss him so much and I will always smile when I think of him.

Gordon was a special person that had a profound  positive impact on other people's lives. I was one of his nurses at the Boulder Meridian and every time I would visit him I left with a feeling of love and happiness. He looked at you in a way that made you feel very special and that is a rare thing in so many ways. His soft spoken gentle way was such a comfort to so many people that knew him. He was a favorite! We are both from the Midwest so we often talked about Wisconsin and Minnesota. He also enlightened me about being present in life and with others. The one thing he never failed to mention was his deep and sincere love for his family and how lucky he was to have such a wonderful family. I will always remember Gordon.  With deepest sympathy.


We will miss Gordon.  His interest in us and our family meant so much to us.  We always looked forward to his annual visits to Madison. Also, we enjoyed visiting with him and some of his family on a couple visits to Colorado. He also meant so much to my dad, Otis. It was fun to hear Gordon talk about times in their youth. Our sincere sympathies to Nancy, Sylvia and their families.  You especially have been blessed by having Gordon as a father, grandfather and great grandfather.

I will always remember Gordon as wise, kind and generous, with a broad smile and gentle laugh.  He always expressed an interest in the world around him and the people he met and was a very important guy to me and my cousins as we grew up.  Saying he was a role model sounds kind of trite but he really was that and more.  When we were in our teens he could out-ski any of us.  I'll miss him and always remember him with affection and admiration.  Goodbye, Gordon.

What a likeable man.  'Mike' was always so complimentary of his coworker, Jim. He continued to keep up with him throughout Jim's 
illness last year.  Our family had a fondness for Mike and his interest in ours..What a wonderful role model of a life well lived. God Bless !     The Neary Family  Dillon,Co

What I remember most about Gordon is that he Always went out of his way to not only visit us here in WI when he came but also when we were in Co. skiing.  He was sure to join us for a day.  He always brought a sandwich and  box of raisins in his pocket and was ready to go.  We enjoyed many visits from Gordon and Rosanna at our home and later we met him in Madison when he visited Marg.  I can tell his daughters have the same value of family connection. Both Nancy and Sylvia invited us to stay in their homes when we last saw them in Madison.  We did get an opportunity to take Sylvia and Stan up on their generous offer and visited Gordon in his apartment.   It was a great visit.  He had a wonderful life and ours has been enriched by his.

My First Time Skiing with Gordon

I made a reminiscent confession to Gordon during what turned out to be my last conversation with him in July this year.  His reaction was a surprised laugh. 

In 1980 we traveled with a group of friends for a week of skiing in Winter Park. I arranged to ski with Gordon for a day. I confessed that I had expected to be taking it easy, skiing with a member of my parent’s generation, and wow was I wrong!

We met at the base lodge and my first surprise was that he wanted to ski on the more difficult mountain, Mary Jane, where the slopes were “less crowded”. My second shock was that he wanted to ski an expert slope for its “nice moguls”.  Expert slopes and moguls were both way beyond my comfort zone but I went along.  My skiing wasn’t pretty and I was often sliding on surfaces other than my skis but I survived. Only Gordon’s patient instruction on his smooth technique and following his well chosen lines through the moguls got me through the day.  He was the one who had to take it easy to accommodate me. 

This is one of many fond memories of ALWAYS positive experiences with Gordon. I will truly miss him.

Just wanted to say that I enjoyed the honor of being one of Gordon's doctors, and I always considered him as an inspiration and role model. My wife Teresa had a similar fondness for him.

Gordon was a person of exemplary character and kindness.  I will always treasure our long conversations on everything from traveling to Bali to the federal budget crisis.  He lived life with such vigor and excitement for the future--a true testament to his endearing optimism.  I will miss Gordon very much.  I am sorry for your loss.

Love always,

Kirby N. DiBerardino
(Former Caregiver, Boulder Meridian)

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