Clark Gordon Fuller

1937 - 2025

Hard Work, Devotion and Dedication

Clark Gordon Fuller, commonly known as Gordon to all who knew him, was born September 23, 1937, to Calvin and Virginia Fuller at the Story Homestead in Sargent, NE.

In 1939, his family moved to Scottsbluff, NE, and again in 1949 to Lexington, NE.

Gordon graduated in 1955 from Lexington High and went directly into manager training at J.M. McDonald Department stores, where he had been working in the summers and after school during high school. In 1956, he became an assistant manager in Lexington.

In July 1959, he married Donna Cornelison, from Benson, NE, whom he had previously met on a blind date. They were married for 66 years.

In 1961, Gordon was drafted into the Army and took basic training at Fort Riley, KS. After basic training, he was stationed in Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX. As soon as he could find housing, Donna was able to join him. He faithfully served two years of active duty and two years of active reserve. While he was in basic training, he was selected for Officer's Training School, but turned down the offer. While in active reserve, he was selected for Soldier of Summer Camp in Utah.

Upon discharge from the army, he was sent to Grand Island, NE, as assistant manager of J.M. McDonald. In 1965, they had their first child, a girl named Darla. In 1966, Gordon was promoted to manager of the McDonald's store in Sidney, NE. During his time in Sidney, they had three sons: Rod, Shawn, and Gregg.

In March of 1972, he was again promoted to manage the Bozeman, MT store. In 1980, Gordon became district manager for Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho stores. He worked many hours and built up the stores he oversaw. He also earned several awards during his career with McDonald's. Some of his favorite awards were two trips, one to Las Vegas, NV, and one to Spain. He was sought after and turned down several promotions to larger stores in bigger cities, as his only concern was to have his children grow up in Montana.

When his career ended with McDonald's, he put his skills and hard work into two separate businesses, one in 1983 and one in 1993. Once he finally decided to retire, he missed working, so he took a retirement job driving cars for Enterprise as a Car Repositioning Engineer. (LOL)

He loved the outdoors and took every opportunity to enjoy it with family and friends. He loved to hunt, target practice, fish, hike, picnic, snow ski, water ski, camp, four-wheel, log trees, float the river, train hunting dogs, bike ride, travel (including several cruises), build houses, fix things, and was still mowing his half-acre property well into his 80s. He was self-sufficient, selfless, hardworking, dedicated, devoted, and loving to his family. He set a good example of being a father who also loved his country and attended his local church.

He would always tell us that his biggest achievements in life were his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He dedicated his life to making life better for them. His hard work was a magnificent example to his family.

Gordon passed away peacefully in his home on November 13, 2025, in the presence of his loving family.

He is survived by his wife, Donna; his four children, Darla Martin, Rod, Shawn, and Gregg Fuller; his nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:30 AM on Tuesday, December 9th, at Dahl Funeral & Cremation Service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank, 206 E. Griffin Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715 or the American Legion, Post #14, 225 E. Main St., Bozeman, MT 59715. For livestreaming of the Celebration of Life and to leave memories or condolences, please go to Gordon's obituary at www.dahlcares.com.

Heaven received a good man as we lost a respected and loving member of our family.