Funeral service for Lowell W. Gordon, age 79, of Fairmont, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the United Methodist Church in Fairmont. Military honors by the Martin County V.F.W. Post 1222 and Lee C. Prentice American Legion Post 36 will follow the service at the church.

Lowell passed away Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at the Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont, and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Lowell Wayne Gordon was born on March 23, 1925 in Dovray, Minn., the son of Sigvart and Agnes (Severson) Gordon. He attended country school near Dovray. He entered the United States Army in November of 1944 and served overseas during World War II until his honorable discharge in August of 1946. On Dec. 16, 1948, he married Ardella Griffith and they made their home near Tracy where Lowell farmed and drove truck for Nackerud Trucking. He moved to Worthington in 1964 where he worked at King Gas and drove truck for the Postal Service then Murphy Motor Freight. He moved to Albert Lea in 1978 and retired in 1980. He moved to Fairmont in 1990. He was a member of the Martin County VFW Post 1222 and the Local Teamsters Union. He enjoyed watching the Minnesota Twins, playing cards at the Senior Citizens Center, fishing and spending time with his family.

He is survived by four children: Debra Roth and her husband Dennis of Worthington, Brenda Henry and her husband Tom of Fairmont, Janelle Blumhorst and her husband Dwight of Des Moines, and Terry Gordon and his wife Diane of Albert Lea; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters: Lois Cohoon and husband Don of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Judy Gordon of Tracy; and many nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents; five siblings; one son, Randy Gordon; and one great-grandson, Camdon Kuehl.