Jordan, Neil R., Sr., 81, of Fort Fairfield, at Presque Isle, on November 16, 2010. Private services will take place in Massachusetts at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of the Giberson-Dorsey Funeral Home, Fort Fairfield.
Fort Fairfield – Neil Robert Jordan, Sr., 81, husband of Virginia Cranston (Everitt) Jordan died on Tuesday evening, November 16, 2010 at the Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle, after a brief illness.
He was born August 22, 1929 in Swampscott, MA, the son of the late Benjamin Pitman Jordan, Sr. and Oma Berdina (Patton) Jordan. He attended Lynn, MA public schools and graduated from the Peabody, MA School System. Mr. Jordan resided in South Hamilton, MA for many years before moving to Brooksville, Florida, Naples, Maine and settling in Fort Fairfield.
He had been employed for many years as a foreman with the United Shoe Machinery Corp. and worked at Douglass Appliance Center in Danvers, MA and Gray’s Appliance in Melrose, MA. For many years, Mr. Jordan ran his own appliance repair business on the North Shore and in Naples, Maine known as Mayday Appliance.
He was a member of the Limestone Methodist Church, member and past Worshipful Master of Limestone Lodge, #214, AF&AM in Limestone, Maine and past member of Aleppo Temple Shrine. Mr. Jordan served in the Army National Guard and retired after 17 years of service with the rank of Captain.
In addition to his wife of Presque Isle, he is survived by his sons, Neil R. Jordan, Jr. of South Portland, and Attorney Dana P. Jordan of Gloucester, Mass. and West Palm Beach, FL; stepchildren, Cheryl Miller, of Bedford, MA, Robert Everitt of Clinton, MA, David Everitt of Burlington, MA, Charee Stanton of Melrose, MA, Karen Galiante of Stoneham, MA and Steven Everitt of Merrimack, New Hampshire. He was predeceased by his son, GYSGT Craig S. Jordan of Atlanta, Georgia. Private services will take place in Massachusetts at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Giberson-Dorsey Funeral Home, 144 Main Street, Fort Fairfield.
