Wayne Powell Gordon

Wayne Gordon, 91, of 736 Cottage Drive died Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Gordon was born in Owensboro August 3, 1912, a son of the late Forest K. and Minnie B. Lynch. He attended the University of Louisville College of Pharmacy and worked at the former Gordons Drug Store at the corner of Third and St. Ann Streets. His career also included being president of Pre-Cast Concrete Company and Owensboro Rapid Transit and vice-president of Ky-Anna Cold Storage. He retired as president of Davis Distributors in 1995. He served on and as chairman of the Owensboro Recreation Commission and was a member of St. Stephen Cathedral. His step-mother, Elizabeth Riddle Gordon also preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Mary Helena Baumgarten Gordon, a daughter, Mary Wayne Wedeking and her husband Ken, of Louisville, a son, Mark Kyler Gordon and his wife Ruth, of Owensboro, five grandchildren, Amy and her husband Tim Beard and Adam and his wife Marlow Wedeking, all of Louisville, Sam Gordon, Mary Jo Gordon and Elizabeth Gordon, all of Owensboro, four great grandsons, Ryan Beard, Kyle Beard, Will Wedeking, and Harrison Wedeking, all of Louisville, a sister, Kathryn Wilkerson of Owensboro, and two brothers, George Gordon and E.B. Gordon, both of Owensboro.
Services are at noon Saturday at St. Stephen Cathedral, Rev. John Vaughan officiating. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. at Glenn Funeral Home, where prayers will be said at 6 p.m. Friday. Private ennichent will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Vincent DePaul or the Daniel Pitino Shelter.
Online messages of condolence may be placed at www.glennfuneralhome.com.