Gordon Samuel Headley, Sr

Funeral services for Gordon Samuel Headley of 1120 Fairhurst will be conducted 10 a.m. Monday from Chancy-Walters Funeral Home, the Rev. Kenneth W. Neal officiating. Military graveside rites by Sterling American Legion Post No. 20 and Masonic graveside rites by Sterling Lodge No. 54 A.F. & A.M. and burial will follow in Riverside cemetery; Mr. Headley, a retired rural mail carrier, died Thursday, Nov. 30, 1989, at his home. He was 66. He was born Dec. 10, 1922 in Stoneham, the son of George Samual and Clara "Penny" Pennington Headley. He was raised and educated in Stoneham, graduating from Stoneham High School in 1940. Mr. Headley entered the U.S.Army Air Corps in April 1943 and was discharged in February 1946. He was a member of the Kansas Air National Guard from 1949 until 1961. He married Arline Coakley Hays, Oct. 20, 1945 in Denver. Mr. Headley began his Postal Service career in 1946 at Wichita, Kan., transferred to Peetz and continued to deliver Sterling Route 3 mail in the Peetz area after moving to Sterling in 1968 until retiring in 1983. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, National Association of Rural Letter Carriers Association, past commander of Sterling American Legion Post No. 20, member of Sterling Lodge No. 54 A.F. & A.M., Colorado Consistory No. 1, El Jebel Shrine, Eastern Star, Sterling B.P.O.Elks Lodge No. 1336, the Logan County Sheriff's Posse, and lifetime member of Parents Teachers Association. Mr. Headley is survived by his wife, Arline Headley of Sterling; a daughter, Sandra Raddatz of Hol drege, Neb.; two sisters, Josephine Holzworth of Stoneham and Betty Nicholas of Fort Morgan and four grandchildren, Stephanie, Jennifer, Melissa, and David Raddatz, all of Hoidrege, Neb. A son, Gordon Samuel Headley, Jr., died Oct. 8, 1984. Chancy-Walters Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via sister Doris Josephine 'Jo D.' Holzworth (born Headley) by SmartCopy: Dec 5 2015, 19:32:27 UTC