FORT FAIRFIELD – Neil Robert Jordan Sr., 81, husband of Virginia Cranston (Everitt) Jordan, died Tuesday evening, Nov. 16, 2010, at The Aroostook Medical Center, Presque Isle, after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 22, 1929, in Swampscott, Mass., son of the late Benjamin Pitman Jordan Sr. and Oma Berdina (Patton) Jordan. He attended Lynn, Mass., public schools and graduated from the Peabody, Mass., school system. Mr. Jordan resided in South Hamilton, Mass., for many years before moving to Brooksville, Fla., Naples 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, Danvers, Mass., and Gray’s Appliance, Melrose, Mass. For many years Mr. Jordan ran his own appliance repair business on the North Shore and in Naples, known as Mayday Appliance. He was a member of Limestone Methodist Church, member and past worshipful master of Limestone Lodge, No. 214, AF & AM, Limestone, 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, Fla.; and stepchildren, Cheryl Miller of Bedford, Mass., Robert Everitt of Clinton, Mass., David Everitt of Burlington, Mass., Charee Stanton of Melrose, Mass., Karen Galiante of Stoneham, Mass., and Steven Everitt of Merrimack, N.H. He was predeceased by his son, Gunnery Sgt. Craig S. Jordan of Atlanta. Private services will take place at a later date in Massachusetts. Arrangements have been entrusted to Giberson-Dorsey Funeral Home, 144 Main St., Fort Fairfield. <
NEIL R. JORDAN SR.
