- Date Of Birth: March 10, 1929
- Date Of Death: May 2, 2020
- State: Idaho
Gordon “Gordy” Stanwood Ankeny, 91, a resident of Gooding, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at the North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding.
Gordon was born on March 10, 1929 in Winnebago, Minnesota, one of seven children born to Irvin George Ankeny and Maude Sarah Cheatle Ankeny. He was raised and educated in Winnebago.
Gordon married Eleanor Ann “Annie” Sonnicksen on May 15, 1954 in Winnebago.
Gordon entered the U.S. Armed Forces in January 1951 to serve in the U.S. Army in defense of his country during the Korean Conflict. Gordon was then discharged from the Army as an honorable decorated veteran in October of 1952.
He then worked in the transportation industry for Interstate Power and Reserve Mining.
After marrying his wife Annie in the spring of 1954 the couple eventually moved to Poway California and raised their two children, Barbara Glee and Larry Eugene.
The family then left sunny California to hang up the keys and settle in to the new family business, buying the Meyer Brothers Hardware store in the small farming community of Gooding Idaho in 1976.
In 2006 Gordon said goodbye to his wife Annie who passed away in Feb.
Gordon is survived by: his daughter – Barbara (Chris) Tucker of Fountain Hills, Arizona; one brother – John Ankeny of St. James, Minnesota; one sister – Cecil Bathke Carroll Ankeny of Denton, Texas; two grandchildren – Zachary Paul Seaman and Kayleigh Anne Seaman, both of Boise, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by: his father – Ervin G.
