- Date Of Birth: May 6, 1931
- Date Of Death: April 10, 2020
- State: Massachusetts
Gordon J. Spence died on April 10, 2020, one month shy of 89 years young. He was married to his loving and devoted wife, Patti J. Spence, for one week shy of 49 years.
Gordon lived in Northbridge since his birth on May 6, 1931. He grew up playing baseball on the fields around town and basketball at the Whitin Community Center.
Gordon worked in the Sutton schools for 38 years, starting out as a math teacher and eventually serving as the Superintendent of Schools for 25 years. He was also an avid golfer and had fond memories of refereeing high school and college basketball games. He was giving golf and basketball tips to his grandchildren Ella and Nicholas until the week of his death.
Gordon spent summers in Ocean Park, Maine with Patti and their daughters Staci and Sarah. For the past 37 years, Gordon and Patti have run the Ocean Park Soda Fountain and Variety Shoppe.
In Gordon’s later years, he often said, “I’ve had a great life.” His nickname was Gordo, pronounced almost like God-O, causing one friend’s young daughter to think that Gordon actually was God. Gordo loved this story, and it might have been his last laugh to die on Good Friday.
