Obituary: (Published in the Pueblo Chieftan, July 26, 1977)
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, lifetime Pueblo resident, late of 1216 Elm, died suddenly from injuries sustained in highway accident 14 miles north on Interstate 25, July 25, 1977. Mr. Gordon was employed by Ross Trucking Co. Veteran U.S. Navy, WWII. Survived by his widow, Mrs. Christine Gordon, and three children: Gregory Gordon, Gary Gordon and Chrissie Gordon, all of the family home: his mother, Mrs. Katie Goellert, and one sister, Mrs. Caroline Shirley, both of Pueblo. Services 10 A.M. Wednesday, T.G. McCarthy Rose Chapel, with the Rev. William L. Woelfle, pastor, Faith United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment, Roselawn. Family respectfully requests omission of food.
Pueblo man killed by passing auto:
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, 52, of 1216 Elm was killed about 6:30 a.m. Monday when he was struck by a car on Interstate 25 about 16 miles north of Pueblo.
The driver of the car, Jeff L Hagler, 19, of Denver was released Monday evening on a $2,000 bond after being booked at County Jail earlier in the day for investigation of vehicular homicide.
Four other persons were injured and treated at Parkview Episcopal Hospital for an assortment of apparently minor injuries according to the state patrol.
Patrolman Earl Cannon and Hillis Arnold said Gordon died at the scene with massive head injuries. The body was taken to St. Mary-Corwin Hospital morgue. T.G. McCathry Funeral Home will announce services.
The patrol said Gordon and four other Puebloans were standing near three parked cars on the shoulder of the highway when he was struck by the northbound Hagler vehicle. Two of the three cars parked nest to the highway had stopped to assist a motorist in the third car.
The body was reportedly knocked 12 feet at impact and struck the other four men.
After striking and two of the parked cars the Hagler car went into a 42-foot broadside skid rolled one complete time and landed on its wheels facing north, the patrol said.
The four and the nature of their injuries were listed by the patrol as:
Russell Spicola III, 26. Of 1960 Liberty, left hand and wrist injuries; Russell Spicola Sr., 46, also of 1969 Liberty, injuries to lower back and legs; Hugh A. Treadway, 29, of 211 W 19th, rib and chest injuries, and Elmer E. Craig, 38, of 25760 Iris, leg and chest injuries.
Hagler was treated at Parkview for mouth lacerations.
The death and that of a Leadville man brought the year's highway death toll to 311…
[Published in the "Pueblo Chieftain," Pueblo, Colorado, Tuesday, July 26, 1977. ]
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, lifetime Pueblo resident, late of 1216 Elm, died suddenly from injuries sustained in highway accident 14 miles north on Interstate 25, July 25, 1977. Mr. Gordon was employed by Ross Trucking Co. Veteran U.S. Navy, WWII. Survived by his widow, Mrs. Christine Gordon, and three children: Gregory Gordon, Gary Gordon and Chrissie Gordon, all of the family home: his mother, Mrs. Katie Goellert, and one sister, Mrs. Caroline Shirley, both of Pueblo. Services 10 A.M. Wednesday, T.G. McCarthy Rose Chapel, with the Rev. William L. Woelfle, pastor, Faith United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment, Roselawn. Family respectfully requests omission of food.
Pueblo man killed by passing auto:
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, 52, of 1216 Elm was killed about 6:30 a.m. Monday when he was struck by a car on Interstate 25 about 16 miles north of Pueblo.
The driver of the car, Jeff L Hagler, 19, of Denver was released Monday evening on a $2,000 bond after being booked at County Jail earlier in the day for investigation of vehicular homicide.
Four other persons were injured and treated at Parkview Episcopal Hospital for an assortment of apparently minor injuries according to the state patrol.
Patrolman Earl Cannon and Hillis Arnold said Gordon died at the scene with massive head injuries. The body was taken to St. Mary-Corwin Hospital morgue. T.G. McCathry Funeral Home will announce services.
The patrol said Gordon and four other Puebloans were standing near three parked cars on the shoulder of the highway when he was struck by the northbound Hagler vehicle. Two of the three cars parked nest to the highway had stopped to assist a motorist in the third car.
The body was reportedly knocked 12 feet at impact and struck the other four men.
After striking and two of the parked cars the Hagler car went into a 42-foot broadside skid rolled one complete time and landed on its wheels facing north, the patrol said.
The four and the nature of their injuries were listed by the patrol as:
Russell Spicola III, 26. Of 1960 Liberty, left hand and wrist injuries; Russell Spicola Sr., 46, also of 1969 Liberty, injuries to lower back and legs; Hugh A. Treadway, 29, of 211 W 19th, rib and chest injuries, and Elmer E. Craig, 38, of 25760 Iris, leg and chest injuries.
Hagler was treated at Parkview for mouth lacerations.
The death and that of a Leadville man brought the year's highway death toll to 311…
[Published in the "Pueblo Chieftain," Pueblo, Colorado, Tuesday, July 26, 1977. ]
Obituary: (Published in the Pueblo Chieftan, July 26, 1977)
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, lifetime Pueblo resident, late of 1216 Elm, died suddenly from injuries sustained in highway accident 14 miles north on Interstate 25, July 25, 1977. Mr. Gordon was employed by Ross Trucking Co. Veteran U.S. Navy, WWII. Survived by his widow, Mrs. Christine Gordon, and three children: Gregory Gordon, Gary Gordon and Chrissie Gordon, all of the family home: his mother, Mrs. Katie Goellert, and one sister, Mrs. Caroline Shirley, both of Pueblo. Services 10 A.M. Wednesday, T.G. McCarthy Rose Chapel, with the Rev. William L. Woelfle, pastor, Faith United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment, Roselawn. Family respectfully requests omission of food.
Pueblo man killed by passing auto:
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, 52, of 1216 Elm was killed about 6:30 a.m. Monday when he was struck by a car on Interstate 25 about 16 miles north of Pueblo.
The driver of the car, Jeff L Hagler, 19, of Denver was released Monday evening on a $2,000 bond after being booked at County Jail earlier in the day for investigation of vehicular homicide.
Four other persons were injured and treated at Parkview Episcopal Hospital for an assortment of apparently minor injuries according to the state patrol.
Patrolman Earl Cannon and Hillis Arnold said Gordon died at the scene with massive head injuries. The body was taken to St. Mary-Corwin Hospital morgue. T.G. McCathry Funeral Home will announce services.
The patrol said Gordon and four other Puebloans were standing near three parked cars on the shoulder of the highway when he was struck by the northbound Hagler vehicle. Two of the three cars parked nest to the highway had stopped to assist a motorist in the third car.
The body was reportedly knocked 12 feet at impact and struck the other four men.
After striking and two of the parked cars the Hagler car went into a 42-foot broadside skid rolled one complete time and landed on its wheels facing north, the patrol said.
The four and the nature of their injuries were listed by the patrol as:
Russell Spicola III, 26. Of 1960 Liberty, left hand and wrist injuries; Russell Spicola Sr., 46, also of 1969 Liberty, injuries to lower back and legs; Hugh A. Treadway, 29, of 211 W 19th, rib and chest injuries, and Elmer E. Craig, 38, of 25760 Iris, leg and chest injuries.
Hagler was treated at Parkview for mouth lacerations.
The death and that of a Leadville man brought the year's highway death toll to 311…
[Published in the "Pueblo Chieftain," Pueblo, Colorado, Tuesday, July 26, 1977. ]
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, lifetime Pueblo resident, late of 1216 Elm, died suddenly from injuries sustained in highway accident 14 miles north on Interstate 25, July 25, 1977. Mr. Gordon was employed by Ross Trucking Co. Veteran U.S. Navy, WWII. Survived by his widow, Mrs. Christine Gordon, and three children: Gregory Gordon, Gary Gordon and Chrissie Gordon, all of the family home: his mother, Mrs. Katie Goellert, and one sister, Mrs. Caroline Shirley, both of Pueblo. Services 10 A.M. Wednesday, T.G. McCarthy Rose Chapel, with the Rev. William L. Woelfle, pastor, Faith United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment, Roselawn. Family respectfully requests omission of food.
Pueblo man killed by passing auto:
Charles H "Flop" Gordon, 52, of 1216 Elm was killed about 6:30 a.m. Monday when he was struck by a car on Interstate 25 about 16 miles north of Pueblo.
The driver of the car, Jeff L Hagler, 19, of Denver was released Monday evening on a $2,000 bond after being booked at County Jail earlier in the day for investigation of vehicular homicide.
Four other persons were injured and treated at Parkview Episcopal Hospital for an assortment of apparently minor injuries according to the state patrol.
Patrolman Earl Cannon and Hillis Arnold said Gordon died at the scene with massive head injuries. The body was taken to St. Mary-Corwin Hospital morgue. T.G. McCathry Funeral Home will announce services.
The patrol said Gordon and four other Puebloans were standing near three parked cars on the shoulder of the highway when he was struck by the northbound Hagler vehicle. Two of the three cars parked nest to the highway had stopped to assist a motorist in the third car.
The body was reportedly knocked 12 feet at impact and struck the other four men.
After striking and two of the parked cars the Hagler car went into a 42-foot broadside skid rolled one complete time and landed on its wheels facing north, the patrol said.
The four and the nature of their injuries were listed by the patrol as:
Russell Spicola III, 26. Of 1960 Liberty, left hand and wrist injuries; Russell Spicola Sr., 46, also of 1969 Liberty, injuries to lower back and legs; Hugh A. Treadway, 29, of 211 W 19th, rib and chest injuries, and Elmer E. Craig, 38, of 25760 Iris, leg and chest injuries.
Hagler was treated at Parkview for mouth lacerations.
The death and that of a Leadville man brought the year's highway death toll to 311…
[Published in the "Pueblo Chieftain," Pueblo, Colorado, Tuesday, July 26, 1977. ]
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