Shawn Marie Gordon

Winterset Madisonian
April 9, 2003

Shawn Gordon, Colorado

Shawn Marie Gordon, 33, of Denver, Colo., died April 4, 2003, following a lengthy illness.

Memorial services are pending. Burial of the cremains will take place in Iowa at a later date.

Shawn Gordon was born May 25, 1969, in Winterset to Larry and Bonnie (Emerson) Gordon. She grew up in Colorado, graduating from Bear Creek High School in Lakewood. She received her master's degree in biology with special emphasis in genetics, from the University of Colorado in Denver. Shawn was a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Dean Emerson and William Gordon.

She is survived by her mother and stepfather, Bonnie Gordon and Dr. Bob of Lakewood, Colo.; her father and stepmother, Larry and Mary Gordon of Winterset; a brother, Nicholas Gordon of Winterset; a sister, Jamie Gordon of Winterset; and her grandmothers, Marjorie Lathrum and Betty Gordon, both of Winterset.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to be used in establishing the Shawn M. Gordon Memorial Fund.

(A later note in Madisonian-dated Sept. 4, 2003-states that Shawn would be buried at the Peru Cemetery on Sept. 12, 2003)