Gordon Redtfeldt
Feb. 2 1922 - July 4 2019         

Gordon was a navigator on B 17’s in WW2. He retired from the Air Force as a  Lt. Colonel. He passed on to be with his wife, Lucille, on July 4, 2019, after  short illness.

Hey was born on Groundhog Day, 1922, as the son of a Missouri sharecropper. Gordon had many jobs as a young  man, one of which was skinning skunks for the pelts.

He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was shot down on his eighth mission over Germany and became a P.O.W. for the remainder of the war.  Gordon went on to serve 30 years in the Air Force — he logged over 4,000 flight hours. He was on active duty in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.   

He was married to Lucille Vaughn in 1943 and raised three daughters — Judy, Paula and Madeline. Gordon and Lucille were married 74 years before she passed away.

Gordon was predeceased by his wife Lucille and his oldest daughter Judy, as well as a brother and sisters. Being the true patriot and war hero, he held on and left this world on the 4th of July, 2019. Graveside service was at Ocean View Cemetery, Eureka.

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