Gordon-Buys-Obituary

Gordon Buys

Grand Rapids, Michigan

03/04/1941 - 12/30/2025

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DIED
December 30, 2025
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Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Gordon James Buys, age 84, of Kentwood, was embraced by his Lord on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. He was born March 4th, 1941, the fourth of 9 children born to Gerrit and Elsie (née DeYoung) Buys of Custer Washington. As a child on a dairy farm, he quickly demonstrated an affinity for mechanical...

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We, Nelle and Bill Evenhouse, send our condolences and love to Florine and family. We shared many years with them in Nigeria, including numerous flights when Gord would land at the Wukari airport to pick us up or return us home. He was a trusted pilot and often announced his arrival in Wukari by a dramatic swoop over our home compound, allowing us to meet him minutes before his landing. We and our children always enjoyed flying with him. And we remember many pleasant gatherings in Nigeria and...

Gord had a nice singing voice. He was baritone in our LCHS quartet with Cliff Bajema, Jerry Faber, and me. Enjoyable times. Prayers for you Floss and your family. Jim Vander May

Condolences to the Buys family . I originally met Gord in the lobby of the Calvin Library in the early 90's where he had a table promoting short-term missions for CRC . He was easy to talk to and he encouraged me to consider it, and I did. And then shortly later I signed up for a short-term summer mission in the Philippines . Actually I didn't know I would be in the Philippines, I just signed up to be sent and it turned out to be the Philippines. Which was a great experience- very spiritually...