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GEORGE STANWOOD GORDON Jr. obituary, Concord, MA

GEORGE GORDON Obituary

GORDON, George Stanwood Jr. Age 90, of Concord, formerly of Lexington and Arlington, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2025. George was a Ph.D. graduate of MIT (1962). He worked at Lincoln Laboratory (1964-1976) and the MIT Center for Space Research on the Plasma Scientific Investigation of the Voyager Project (1977-1996). He is survived by his wife, Clarice Barrett Gordon; children, Kent Gordon (wife Gabrielle), Dr. Kari Doucette (husband Thomas), Glen Gordon, Wayne Gordon (wife Renyun), and Maurine Stenwick (husband Scott); grandchildren, Helen Colby (husband Andrew), Margaret Doucette, Nathan Doucette, Katherine Doucette, Seren Stenwick, Layla Stenwick, Kevin Gordon and Hunter Gordon; great-grandchildren, Alice Colby and Alfred Colby; sisters, Lois Caswell and Gladys Bournique; brothers-in-law, Kenneth Barrett and Timothy Barrett (wife Peggy); sister-in-law, Laureen Burns (husband Robert); and many extended family. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Duvall Chapel of Newbury Court, 80 Deaconess Road, Concord, MA 01742, on September 11, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., with a reception to follow. The family requests in lieu of flowers, to consider donations to Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres, 40 Rector St., 16th Floor, New York, NY 10006 or online, or to Lutheran World Relief, P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21297-1061 or online. For his full obituary and tribute page, please visit www.DeeFuneralHome.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Sep. 6 to Sep. 7, 2025.

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Jimmy Considine, Charlestown

September 7, 2025

Sincere thanks for the devoted military service you gave to the people of this nation. May you rest in peace.

Dick George 101st Airborne Division Newburyport

September 6, 2025

Til Valhalla!

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Celebration of Life

2:00 p.m.

Duvall Chapel at Newbury Court

80 Deaconess Road, Concord, MA 01742

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Dee Funeral Home & Cremation Service - Concord

27 Bedford Street, Concord, MA 01742

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