LIVERMORE – Myrtle S. Gordon, 98, a World War II veteran, was recognized Monday night as the town’s oldest resident.
She is the town’s newest Boston Post Cane recipient, administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said Tuesday.
The Board of Selectpersons presented her with a plaque and flowers to commemorate the event.
Gordon was born May 19, 1915, in Sumner, her daughter Sandra Harmon said. The two live on Church Street with Harmon in an apartment above her mother’s home.
Gordon grew up on a farm in Hartford. She graduated from school at 16 and went to Farmington State Normal School and became a teacher. She taught for two years in a one-room schoolhouse in the Hartford-Sumner area, Harmon said.
In 1943, at age 28, Gordon enlisted in the U.S. Woman’s Army Corps. She opted to stay stateside during the war and was based at Fort Devens in Massachusetts. She was in charge of the medical supply section, according to Sun Journal archives.
Gordon was one of several area veterans who made the trip to Washington in May 2004 for the dedication of the National World War II Memorial.
Gordon also served as an Army reservist during the Korean War and was stationed in medical supply at Fort Devens.
Harmon said her mother had many other jobs, including tax collector for Livermore and working at the Livermore Shoe Co. She also worked with her husband, Reuel Gordon, at their blueberry business on Bear Mountain.
She also was a pianist and Sunday school teacher at the Livermore United Methodist Church.
“She is a very sweet all-around person,” Harmon said. “She doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. She has a sense of humor and cracked jokes with selectpersons during the presentation.
Gordon walks to get the mail and the newspaper in the good weather. Reading the paper is one of her favorite pastimes, her daughter said. She does not watch much television.
She has been active in the American Legion and had been in all of the parades up until a few years ago. She is also a 75-year member of the Norway Grange.
dperry@sunjournal.com
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- Megan Dion, chairwoman of the Livermore Board of Selectpersons, poses with Myrtle S. Gordon, 98, of Livermore. Gordon holds the Boston Post gold-headed cane presented to her Monday for being the town’s oldest resident.
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