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Horace W. Jordan

Horace W. Jordan

Male 1910 - 2000  (89 years)


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  • Name Horace W. Jordan 
    Birth 11 Dec 1910  Assumption, Christian County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Jul 2000  Decatur, Macon, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3682  The Road to Here
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2025 

    Father James Edward Jordan,   b. 16 Jul 1878   d. Jul 1965 (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Minnie Florence Gregory,   b. 1875   d. 1950 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1900  [1] 
    Family ID F1266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stella M. Cole,   b. 24 Dec 1911   d. 7 Feb 1992 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1929  Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2026 

  • Notes 
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74992316/horace-w-jordan

      Decatur, IL Herald-Review, 24 Jul 2000

      MOWEAQUA - Horace W. Jordan, 89, of Moweaqua died 2:40 p.m. Saturday (July 22, 2000) in Imboden Creek Living Center, Decatur.

      Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Seitz Funeral Home, Moweaqua, with Pastor Ray Finney and Pastor Jeff Harford officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Locust Grove Cemetery, near Assumption. Memorials: Locust Grove Church.

      Mr. Jordan was born Dec. 11, 1910, in Assumption, the son of James E. and Florence Gregory Jordan. He was a retired farmer and member of Locust Grove Church. He married Stella Cole Dec. 24, 1929, in Shelbyville. She preceded him in death Feb. 7, 1992.

      Surviving are his son, James and wife Pat of Moweaqua; daughters, Wanda and husband Charles Jacobs of Decatur; Anna Brown of Decatur; Elenor and husband Mike James of Bloomington; Norma and husband Vennard Dowd of Moweaqua; 14 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 21 great-stepgrandchildren.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two brothers and one sister.

  • Sources 
    1. [S139] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index.


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