Mary Etta (Whipkey) Gordon

Mary Etta (Whipkey) Gordon, 89, passed away Monday, January 2, 2023, very peacefully at home.

Mary Etta was born June 18, 1933, in Moundsville, WV and is the daughter of the late John Whipkey and Opal (Littell) Whipkey.

Mary Etta worked for many years for Reynolds Memorial Hospital and The U.S Stamping before becoming a homemaker in her home that she was very proud of.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Gordon, daughter, Karen Clift, brothers, Lloyd Whipkey, Howard Whipkey, Robert Littell, John Lee Whipkey, and Floyd Whipkey; Sisters, Sharon Burton, and Gerry Stanley, stepsons Thomas Gordon and Donald Gordon, and niece Pamela Burton Burge.

She is survived by her daughter Judy Kay Morris; step-children, Douglas (Mary Lee) Gordon, Gordon C. (Janet) Gordon, Jerri (Rick) Mason, Barbara (John) Howell, Cathy Skrypek, and Linda Gordon Baker;
step-daughters-in-law, Janie Gordon and Carolyn Gordon; one sister, Nancy Doty; grandchildren David Lusk, Scott Lusk, and Greg (Stacey) Barnhart; great-grandchildren Darya (Gene) Henry, Tori (Matt) Schilke, Darius Lusk, and Landry Barnhart; great-great-grandchildren, Eugene Henry III, Gracelyn Henry, Harper Henry, and Paxton Henry; 22 step-grandchildren, 29 step-great-grandchildren, 4 step-great-great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and a very special friend, Nicole Dobkin.

Friends will be received on Friday, January 6, 2023, from 2-8 pm at Altmeyer Funeral Home, Lutes & Kirby-Vance Chapel, 118 Grant Ave., Moundsville. Services will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at 11 am with Pastor Donna Burton officiating. Interment to follow at Riverview Cemetery.

The family will gather for lunch and laughs after the funeral.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.altmeyerfuneralhomes.com.