Gordon Shogren

Gordon D. "Gordy" Shogren, 75, of Pleasant Prairie, WI, formerly of Winthrop Harbor, IL, and Bessemer, MI, died on Thursday, December 25, 2014, at Kenosha United Hospital, Kenosha, WI. Gordy was born August 31, 1939, in Wakefield, MI, and was a member of Sharon Lutheran Church in Bessemer. He proudly served with the United States Army as a helicopter crew chief and gunner in the Vietnam War. After the war, he moved to Waukegan, Illinois, and worked as a mechanic while operating his own towing and snowplowing business. Gordon retired from OMC in Waukegan and owned State Line Storage in Winthrop Harbor, IL. Gordon loved fishing, hunting, trapshooting, bowling, snowmobiling, motorcycling, four-wheeling, and restoring a 1929 Model A Ford. Survivors include his long-time companion, Annie Tucker of Pleasant Prairie, WI; children, Christine Thompson of Winthrop Harbor, IL, and Gordon Shogren Jr. of Zion, IL; grandchildren, Jackie (Keith) Beaudoin, Leslie (Nathan) Fenton, Chelsea (Dan) Stanley, Paige (Kris) Magruder, Madison Thompson, and Carter and Avery Shogren; great-grandchildren, Katherine, Jack, Ellie, Maddie, Ketcher, Kooper, William, and John; numerous relatives in Michigan; and close friend and business partner Jim Breckenfeld. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Eskil and Olga Shogren of Bessemer, MI. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Congdon Funeral Home, 3012 Sheridan Rd., Zion, IL. Friends may greet the family on Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. Final Resting Place will be Hillcrest Cemetery, Bessemer, MI. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.