Stanley "Stan" Gordon

STANLEY, AGE 80, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER 1, 2013, AT MERCY SAN JUAN HOSPITAL. HE WAS A RESIDENT OF CITRUS HEIGHTS. STAN IS SURVIVED BY DIANA, HIS BELOVED WIFE OF 41 YEARS. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER MARCIA (BOB) ADLER, NEPHEW RANDY ADLER, NIECE TIA ADLER, GREAT NIECE LENA, AND NEPHEW MARK (MICKI) FAUTECK. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS.

STAN WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NY. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE JOINED THE U.S. AIRBORNE AS A PARATROOPER IN THE KOREAN WAR. LATER HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE HE MET DIANA. AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED, IN 1972, THEY MOVED TO SACRAMENTO WHERE STAN OPENED UP S.O.N. DISTRIBUTERS. HE WAS A LIFELONG AVID FAN OF BOXING AND BECAME A TIME-KEEPER AND INSPECTOR FOR THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISION. STAN ALSO BELONGED TO THE DANTE CLUB, THE ROMLUS CLUB, AND THE PIEMONTE REALE. STAN AND DIANA TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY WITH SPORTS LEISURE VACATIONS WHILE MAKING MANY NEW FRIENDS. THANKS GO TO HIS ANGELS AT THE CARDIO-REHAB GROUP HE ATTENDED FOR THE LAST 2 ½ YEARS.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT MT. VERNON MORTUARY, 8201 GREENBACK LANE, FAIR OAKS, ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2013, AT 10:00 AM. A RECEPTION TO HONOR A LIFE WELL SERVED WILL BE HELD AFTER THE SERVICE AT THE DANTE CLUB, 2330 FAIR OAKS BLVD., SACRAMENTO.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, REMEMBRANCES MAY BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSN. IN SACRAMENTO, AND THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSN.