- Gordon Raymond Huss, 90, of Ottawa Lake, Michigan, died Friday, November 4, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Born September 24, 1926, he was the son of George Antone and Alice Lena (Pfeiffer) Huss, Sylvania, Ohio. He graduated from Sylvania High School in 1944, and entered the US Navy in early 1945, serving during WWII as instructor of radar and virtual PPI reflector in Oahu, Hawaii and later on a Landing Craft prior to the end of the war.
He Married Emma Jean Bell in 1947, and together they raised two daughters. She preceded him in death, August 1980.
He enjoyed working on his grandfather’s farm as a young boy, then as a delivery boy for the Red and White Store in Sylvania. He studied tool design at Macomber Trade School, later working for Boice Crane, Surface Combustion, Libbey Glass, Toledo Scales and the Saline Ford Plant, retiring in 1985. He collected and repaired clocks and watches.
He married Lorena Grosteffon in 1982, and they enjoyed traveling, camping and engine shows together until her death in 2013. He was a member of the Whiteford Wesleyan Church.
Surviving are daughters Geri (David) Crots and Mary (Daniel) Redlinger, grandchildren, Jon (Jana) Crots, Jason (Heather) Crots, Nathan (Rachael) Redlinger, and Carin (David) Dixon, great-grandchildren, Emma, Rylie, Grace, Wyatt, Julian, Marin, Giavona, Clayton, Kenedy, Sydney, Sylas, Avery, Cassidy and Andrew and brother Norman Huss.
We, the daughters of Gordon R. Huss, will be forever grateful for dad’s example of perseverance, servanthood and faith in God. We reminded him continually that “the best is yet to come”, and now in heaven he knows that all too well.
Special thanks to the doctors and caregivers of Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Pastor Deisler and to friends and family for their support and prayers.
Visitation will be held on Monday, November 7, 2016 at 10:am at Whiteford Wesleyan Church, Ottawa Lake, Michigan followed by funeral at 11:00 A.M. with Pastor Rick Deisler officiating. Burial will follow with burial honors at Whiteford Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Whiteford Wesleyan Church.
Online condolences maybe offered to the family at www.reebfuneralhome.com
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| Oldest Known Ancestors |
Paternal Line: George Antone Huss, b. 21 Jul 1895, East Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States  d. 1 Nov 1982, Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, United States Maternal Line: Alice Lena Pfeiffer, b. 24 Jan 1901, Whiteford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, United States d. 25 Jan 1988, Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio, United States |
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1926 - 2016 (90 years)
