Cecelia Irene Gordon

Hartselle

Funeral for Cecelia Irene Gordon, 79, of Hartselle will be Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church with Fr. Ray Remke officiating. A rosary will be held this evening at 5:30 with visitation following from 6 to 9 at Roselawn Funeral Home. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
Cecelia was the sixth of seven children born to Polish immigrants Bronislaw and Stella Albinski in Midland, Pa., on June 14, 1927. She moved to Decatur in 1963 with her husband, Carver, and four children. Cecelia worked as church secretary at First Christian Church and ward clerk at Decatur General Hospital, and finally retired in 1989 after many years as clerk for the Morgan County Commissioners office. Cecelia was a longtime member and past president of the Ladies Sodality at St. Ann Catholic Church and sang in the church choir for over 35 years. She was a charter member and past president of St. Ann's 50-Plus Club and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus. She was known for her beautiful singing voice and her delicious cakes, cookies and homemade candies, but she will best be remembered as a devoted wife and mother. She and her husband, Carver, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June 2002. Since a debilitating stroke in 2002, Cecelia had been partially paralyzed and struggling with ill health. She passed away Sunday afternoon at Parkway Medical Center.
Cecelia is survived by her husband, Carver Wycliffe Gordon; four children, Russell Gordon of Hartselle, Marilyn Gowan of Statesboro, Ga., Alesia Boston of Caddo and Julie Collier of Ashford; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. One surviving sister, Blanche Marciniak, lives in Pennsylvania.
Pallbearers will be Joshua Gordon, Matthew Boston, Robert Boston, Jon Minnon, Gene Basham and Jim Pence.