Gordon A. Coyier Jr.

YOUNGSTOWN – Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel for Gordon A. "Butch" Coyier Jr., 67, who passed away suddenly Friday at his home. Gordon was born Aug. 6, 1945, in Clarksburg, W.Va., a son of the late Gordon A. and Emma Jean (Matheny) Coyier Sr. Gordon graduated from Roosevelt Wilson High School. He was a tool and die maker for Parker Hannifin. He enjoyed photography, fishing, coin collecting, NASCAR, and the Browns. He had a great devotion to The Lord and to his family. He will be deeply missed. Gordon leaves his wife, the former Mary L. Bennett, whom he married May 29, 1965; two daughters, Paula (Randall) Vandesteeg of Austintown and Jennifer Coyier of Youngstown; two sisters, Kim Coyier of Washington and Cindy (Fez) Fairfield-Smith of Colorado; five grandchildren, William, Dana, Ryan, Gordon and Holly; and a great-grandson, Jayden Datko. Gordon was preceded in death by his son, Gordon A. "Flash" Coyier III, and a brother, Curtis Ball. Family and friends may call on Tuesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.