LOMA LINDA, Calif. — Gordonna (Gordy) Cole, 68, died Oct. 11, 2013 at Loma Linda Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif.
She was born Jan. 11, 1945, in Rock Springs, Wyo., the daughter of Gordon and Lois (Miller) Amundson.
She was a graduate from Riverton High School in Riverton, Wyo. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. She married John Cole Sept, 19, 1975 in Denver, Colo. She worked at various jobs as a teacher, waitress, and primarily as a farm wife. She was a member of the First United Methodist church in St. John.
Survivors include a daughter, Jamie Cole and her husband, Paul Duncan, Yucaipa, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Elmyra and Oakley Duncan and a brother Larry Amundson, Riverton, Wyo. She was preceded in death by her parents, her infant son, Daniel Cole, and her husband.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the First United Methodist Church in St. John with the Rev. Irving Simon. There will be a celebration of life at Mom’s Café in Seward, Kanas at 5 p.m. Oct. 26.
Memorials are suggested to the Golden Belt Humane Society or the First United Methodist Church in St. John.
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Bryant Funeral Home *
1425 Patton Road
Great Bend, KS, 67530
Great Bend (Kan) Tribune, Oct. 20, 2013
Gordonna L. (Amundson) Cole 1945-2013