John Patrick Gordon

John Patrick Gordon, 58 of Westwood, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on December 6, 2022 at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Born on March 27, 1964 to John Edward Gordon and Joan Bernadette Salmon Gordon. John was born in Jersey City, and shortly after his family moved to Piscataway, and then to Westwood where he would live for over 50 years. John attended St. Andrew’s school, and later graduated from Westwood High School in 1982. He graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Shortly after graduating from Rutgers, John began working for Ernst & Young in New York City, where he would commute daily. He worked for Ernst & Young for over 30 years and made his way to being a financial analyst.

In 1984, while attending college, John worked at Marshalls in Emerson and it was here that he met the love of his life Nancy Lynn Brenner. John and Nancy were happily married for 32 years and were blessed with a daughter, Allison Brenner and a son, Sean Patrick both of whom reside in Westwood. John was the loving uncle to Quincy Chanda, Ainsley Chanda, Caroline Gordon, Charlotte Gordon and Christopher Gordon. John was the older brother to Kevin Andrew Gordon of Hamburg, New Jersey and Christopher Jude Gordon of Hackensack, New Jersey.

John was a huge fan of sports and always enjoyed watching hockey, baseball, football and sometimes even soccer. John was always representing his favorite sports teams which included the New York Islanders, the New York Yankees, the New York Giants, Notre Dame Fighting Irish or his alma mater Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

When it comes to things John was great at, trivia questions would be one of the first things most who knew him would say. If you were playing a game of trivia, you would have wanted John on your team, as he knew everything, about everything…really. John loved to read whether it was the newspaper, magazines, online news articles or even just browsing the internet. When it came to sports statistics John knew it all. Ever since John was a young boy he kept written records, and could mentally recall specific sporting events, team jerseys, and just everything sports related. John was also an expert at recalling music artists, song titles and years of when they were released. John loved watching movies and in recent years was always adding a new movie or television show to his list to watch next on Netflix. John was an expert at events and things in history as well as geography and much more. John always somehow knew the answers.

Later in life, John suffered numerous strokes which took away his ability to speak fluently, walk normally and even just work. John was able to attend physical, occupational and speech therapy for over a year and make a huge recovery. John worked very hard while attending these therapies, to try to make the best recovery he possibly could. Although he was never able to make a full recovery, he was able to walk again and conversate with others, and for that we are all thankful. Recently, John joined the Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood, New Jersey and was able to take part in full day sessions twice a week. It is here where he got to engage with others who had suffered strokes just like him, or who had been diagnosed with Aphasia. Although John’s time with the Adler group was short, we know that he really enjoyed his time there.

John is survived by his loving wife Nancy, their two children, his two brothers and his five nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood, New Jersey or Homebound Ministries of Zion Lutheran Church in Westwood, New Jersey.

https://adleraphasiacenter.org/

https://www.zionwestwoodnj.org/