Stan Gordon

1937 - 2022

November 15, 1937 - October 6, 2022 Stan Gordon was born on November 15, 1937 and died on October, 6, 2022. Stan, son of Lillian Tarshis and Albert Tarshis, was born in Los Angeles, California. Stan is survived by his wife of 49 years Diana Flam Gordon, son Alan Gordon, daughter Pamela Reynolds (James), granddaughters Abby and Hannah Reynolds, and sister Lolo Berkoff (Albert). Stan was preceded in death by sister Ruth Batchelor. He also leaves many nieces and nephews. Stan was formerly known as Stanley Gordon Tarshis. He graduated from Verdugo Hills High School and Michigan State University. He was a private investigator for 48 years, was passionate about playing the piano, skiing, gymnastics, the Raiders and Broadway musicals. He made 39 parachute jumps and had a love of diving. He gave incredible speeches any opportunity he got and always had funny jokes to tell about any subject, especially a dirty joke.

His greatest joy and achievement was being a gymnast. He was a Verdugo Hills gymnast whose Horizontal Bars specialty earned L.A. City runner-up honors in his senior year. He then went for college gymnastics to Michigan State University, where he won an NCAA silver medal in 1958 and gold medals in 1959 and 1960. He captured Big Ten championships in that event three times (1958-1960).

In 1960, he was chosen as the MSU Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor winner. Competing in Southern California major meet competitions in 1960, 1962, and 1964, Stan won the Horizontal Bar event at the Metro AAU, Senior AAU and prestigious Pasadena National Invitational. In 2017, Stan was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Stan continued participating in gymnastics for more than 50 additional years. He built a pool in his backyard with swinging rings, a high diving board, a trampoline and a high bar. Gymnasts from all over Los Angeles came over to Stan's house for many years to practice tricks over his pool. On labor day, more than 100 gymnasts would show up.

Stan Gordon will be greatly missed. He will be laid to rest on Sunday 10/9/22 at 1pm at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills.