We will strive to make you proud, and continue the Gordon legacy of faith you began. [45] The next day, Quinsan fell to the 4th Regiment, which led a proud Gordon to write: "The rebels did not know its importance until they lost it". Special thanks to the caring staff of Good Samaritan Prairie Ridge and the Raymond Health Centre. [193], To keep up morale, Gordon had a military band perform concerts in the central plaza every Friday and Sunday evenings for free, and cast his own decorations for his men. [18] The casualties on the Allied side were quite high that day. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Lawn Cemetery at George, IA. "[216] His body was desecrated and thrown down a well. One observer noted that whenever he left and entered the Governor's Palace in Khartoum: "Government officials, consular agents, and native people awaited him in large numbers. [117], Slavery was the basis of the Sudanese economy, and Gordon's attempts to end the slave trade meant taking on very powerful vested interests, most notably Rahama Zobeir, known as the "King of the Slavers" as he was the richest and most powerful of all the slave traders in the entire Sudan. George Gordon of Isabella, Mo died in his wife's arms at his farm August 30 and was buried that same day in the family cemetery on the farm. Gordon was summoned to Cairo, and arrived in March to be appointed president of a commission. [143] Although the Qing court rejected Gordon's advice to seek a compromise with Russia in the summer of 1880, Gordon's assessment of China's military backwardness and his stark warnings that the Russians would win if a war did break out played an important role in ultimately strengthening the peace party at the court and preventing war. [136], An exchange of telegrams ensued between the War Office in London and Gordon in Bombay about just what exactly he was planning on doing in China, and when Gordon replied that he would find out when he got there, Gordon was ordered to stay. Im grateful to [51] The Emperor was much offended when he received Gordon's message at the Forbidden City, and Gordon's military career in China was effectively over for a time. [146] On the island of Praslin in the Valle de Mai, Gordon believed that he found the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the form of a coco de mer tree which fruit bore a close resemblance to a woman's body. Box 297 [68], Every year, Gordon gave away about 90% of his annual income of 3,000 (equivalent to 351,000 in 2021) to charity. You used to tell me darn I can't hide when I used to come to your office with an issue. [51] Gordon wrote a letter home that his losses were "no joke" as 48 of his 100 officers and about 1,000 of 3,500 soldiers had been killed or wounded in action. Funeral Home website by, Christensen Salmon Generations Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Still Hopes Retirement Community, located at 1 Still Hopes Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169 and First Baptist Church, located at 1306 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Allah Himself is merciful to you". know George was a good and faithful servant of the Lord , and our parting will only be for a little while. I got to know George thru his sons, Greg and Tom, long before I actually met him. [201] Gordon told the civilians of Khartoum that anyone who wished to leave, even to join the Mahdi's army, were free to do so. However, in 1953 the statue, minus a large slice of its pedestal, was reinstalled on the Victoria Embankment, in front of the newly-built Ministry of Defence main buildings. [13] Gordon was especially impressed with Philippians 1:21 where St. Paul wrote: "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain", a passage he underlined in his Bible and often quoted. Gordon C. Shaffer age 98 of George, IA died Friday, December 31, 2021, at the Good Samaritan Society in George, IA. He is survived by George and Jacqueline Gordon; four nieces he helped raise and home school; Kohl Gordon Conner and her girls Ruth and Faith; his brother Thor Eric Downing. [199] The Pall Mall Gazette, in a front page leader, wrote that Gordon stood "out in clear relief against the Eastern sky. [27] Gordon continued surveying, marking off the boundary into Asia Minor. [103] The heat greatly affected Gordon as he wrote to his sister Augusta, "This is a horrid climate, I seldom if ever get a good sleep". Kindly submit the form below if you wish to notify the family of your donation. Death Notices - Ross-shire Journal [134], Hardly had Gordon resigned when he was invited to Beijing by Sir Robert Hart, inspector-general of customs in China, saying his services were urgently needed in China as Russia and China were on the verge of war. [119] Gordon was met by Suleiman Zobeir, the son of Rahama Zobeir, and demanded in the name of the Khedive of Egypt that the rebels end their rebellion and accept the authority of their lord and master, telling Zobeir that he would "disarm and break them" if the rebellion did not end at once. [30] In 1860, Gordon volunteered to serve in China, in the Second Opium War. With Egypt bankrupt, the money to carry out the reforms Gordon wanted was not there. Nutting's book was noteworthy as the first book to argue that Gordon had a death wish. [152] After his visit, Gordon suggested in his book Reflections in Palestine[153] a different location for Golgotha, the site of Christ's crucifixion. My deepest condolences. When your purchase is complete, a post will be made on the tribute wall of the deceased signifying the planting of a memorial tree. Your search results for obituary: 24 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: Wishaw Press Date from: 1st Jan 1947 - Date to: 31st Dec 1947 We love you, we love you, we love you. [114] The reforms that Gordon wanted would have changed the basic nature of Ottoman-Egyptian rule, by replacing a system based on exploitation of the people by the state with one where the state would work for the betterment of the people. He was first and foremost a passionate follower of Jesus Christ and lived his life in humble but firm faith, pressing on towards the upward call he felt from a young age. [222], Egypt had been in the French sphere of influence until 1882 when the British had established control over Egypt. With Egypt under British rule, the British also inherited the problems of Egypt's colony, the Sudan, which the Egyptians were losing control of to the Mahdi. [51], On 1 January 1864, Gordon was informed that a messenger from the Tongzhi Emperor was coming to see him and that he should put on his finest uniform. George Harold Folk, 84, of Findlay, passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, at Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton. For information and online condolences, please visit:www.northviewfuneralchapel.com. [60] Gordon's father was against his son working in Chinese service, an estrangement that had not been settled at the time of his death, and Gordon felt immense guilt that his father had died before they were reconciled. [200] The defences Gordon had built with lines of earthwork, mines, and barbed wire presented the Ansar with much difficulty and their attempts to storm Khartoum failed, but the Ansar made good use of their Krupp artillery to gradually batter down the defences. [187] Even if the relief force had reached him, it is not clear if he would have left Khartoum, as Gordon wrote in his diary: "If any emissary or letter comes up here ordering me to come down I WILL NOT OBEY IT, BUT WILL STAY HERE, AND FALL WITH THE TOWN! George G. Gordon 80, of Indianapolis, passed away December 18, 2022. The "Ever-Victorious Army" resumed its high tempo advance, leading to the Battle of Changzhou, and culminating in the capture of Changzhou Fu, the principal military base of the Taipings in the region. We can only speculate that his increasing religious devotion may have been an outward manifestation of an internal struggle against sexual temptation.[61]. [6], As a teenager and an army officer cadet, Gordon was known for his high spirits, a combative streak, and tendency to disregard authority and the rules if he felt them to be stupid or unjust, a personality trait that held back his graduation by two years when teachers decided to punish him for flouting the rules. GEORGE FOLK OBITUARY. Dearly. He was promoted to captain on 1 April 1859. He was first and foremost a passionate follower of Jesus Christ and lived his life in humble but firm faith, pressing on towards the upward call he felt from a young age. [187] In his final months, Gordon oscillated between a longing for martyrdom and death versus an intense horror at the prospect of his own demise as the hour of his destruction rapidly approached. [65], Octavia Freese published a book in 1894 about his charity work and Christian beliefs. Cremation has taken place. [87], Instead, the Ottoman-Egyptian system had defeated him with almost all of Gordon's reforms having failed owing to the venality of the bureaucracy who shared absolutely none of Gordon's moral outrage at slavery and injustice, and Gordon's dreams of making things better for the ordinary people were dissolved in the face of greed and the self-interest of others. [155] He accepted and returned to London to make preparations, but soon after his arrival, the British requested that he proceed immediately to the Sudan, where the situation had deteriorated badly after his departure another revolt had arisen, led by the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed. Some of the voyageurs who arrived in Egypt turned out to be lawyers led by an alderman from Toronto who wanted to see "the fun" of war and were useless as boatmen. can stop at any time. Gordon clashed repeatedly with Prince Chun, the leader of the war party in Beijing, who rejected Gordon's advice to seek a compromise solution as Gordon warned that the powerful Russian naval squadron in the Yellow Sea would allow the Russians to land at Tianjin and advance on Beijing. My sincerest condolences to the Gordon family for their loss. [196] For example, Wolseley could have hired Egyptian boatmen who knew the Nile to serve as river pilots instead of bringing over voyageurs from Canada, who knew nothing of the Nile, and moreover, Wolseley only called for the voyageurs after his arrival in Egypt. [164], Stead published his interview on 9 January 1884, on the front page of the Pall Mall Gazette alongside an editorial of his titled, "Chinese Gordon for the Sudan". George Gordon Battle Liddy was born in Brooklyn on Nov. 30, 1930, and grew up in Hoboken, N.J. [212], Gordon died on the steps of a stairway in the northwestern corner of the palace, where he and his body servant, Agha Khalil Orphali, had been firing at the enemy. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of George Gordon Ross (Columbia, South Carolina), born in Berkeley, California, who passed away on February 2, 2023 at the age of 89. Goodbye, C. G. Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families. He is an honest man, but difficult to get on with. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. [40] Gordon's insistence on paying his men meant that he was always pressing the Imperial government for money, something which often irritated the mandarins who did not understand why Gordon did not just let his men loot and plunder as a compensation for wages. [172], Owing to the fact that his Turkish and Egyptian (and many Sudanese) troops were Muslim, Gordon refrained in public from describing his battle with the Mahdi as a religious war, but Gordon's diary showed he viewed himself as a Christian champion fighting against the Mahdi just as much for God as for his nation. [60], Following the death of his father, he undertook extensive social work in Gravesend, feeding homeless boys whom he found begging on the street while also attempting to find them homes and jobs. My friend [224] This symbolic decapitation echoed General Gordon's death at the hands of the Mahdist forces in 1885. Add a photo or a video There is no photo or video of George Gordon. May your faith guide you through this difficult time. Planting will take place in Spring or Summer of the same year. Doreen Sargeant. The system remained the same creaking slow, utterly corrupt, and oppressive apparatus trampling down ordinary people that it had always been. Condolences to George's family. [172] Powers, who acted as Gordon's unofficial press attach, wrote in The Times: "We are daily expecting British troops. the passing of George. [181], The advance of the rebels against Khartoum was combined with a revolt in the eastern Sudan. [132], Gordon rejected Leopold's offers, partly because he was still emotionally attached to the Sudan and partly because he disliked the idea of working for Leopold's Congo Association, which was a private company owned by the King. In 1869, Isma'il spent 2 million Egyptian pounds (the equivalent to $300 million U.S. dollars in today's money) just on the party to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal, in what was described as the party of the century. The Mahdi had given strict orders to his three Khalifas not to kill Gordon. Goodness become to me, through Gordon, the most desirable of ideasWe were under the spell of Gordon's personality. The relief force, under the command of Gordon's old friend, Field Marshal Sir Garnet Wolseley, was not ready until November 1884. For these accomplishments, he was given the nickname "Chinese Gordon" and honours from both the Emperor of China and the British. In defiance of those instructions, after evacuating about 2,500 civilians he retained a smaller group of soldiers and non-military men. During his "career break" in the Holy Land, the very religious Gordon sought to explore his faith and biblical sites. George Gordon - Wynyard, Saskatchewan , Conley Funeral Home - Memories wall [74] The British historian Denis Judd, wrote about Gordon's sexuality: Like two other great Imperial heroes of his time, Kitchener and Cecil Rhodes, Gordon was a celibate. A memorial service, conducted by the Bishop of Newcastle, was held at St. Paul's Cathedral on 14 March. [43] Gordon disembarked the 4th Regiment with orders to take Quinsan while he sailed up and down the main canal in the Hyson, using the 32-pounder gun to blast apart the Taiping positions on the canal. [211] The orders were not obeyed. In addition, one of the first Woolwich Free Ferry vessels was named Gordon in his memory. Obituaries | Bedford Borough Council Fri,03/03/23-11:56AM, 38 Reads. [178], Gordon commenced the task of sending the women, the children, the sick, and the wounded to Egypt. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the greatest of English poets. A militia of Europeans and Asians was raised for the defence of the city and placed under the command of an American, Frederick Townsend Ward, and occupied the country to the west of Shanghai. Dirk died in his sleep of natural causes on March 6, 2014. [16], In the 19th century, Russia was Britain's archenemy, with many people in both nations seeing an ideological conflict between Russian autocracy and British democracy, and Gordon was anxious to fight in the Crimea. [51] Following a dispute with Li over the execution of rebel leaders, Gordon withdrew his force from Suzhou and remained inactive at Kunshan until February 1864. [205] A chain-smoking Gordon constantly paced the roof of his palace during the day, looking vainly for smoke on the Nile indicating that the steamers were coming, while spending much of the rest of his time in prayer. [79] The frequent references in Gordon's letters about his need to resist "temptation" and "subdue the flesh", Faught argued, related to women rather than men who were "tempting" him. [75], Gordon, at the age of 14,[76] said that he wished he had been born a eunuch, which has been taken to suggest that he wanted to annihilate all of his sexual desires and, indeed, his sexuality altogether. In the words of the American historian Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Gordon was a "man of action" unsuitable for a bureaucratic job. [156], Additionally, Baring's policy of raising taxes to pay off the debts Isma'il had run up sparked much resentment in both Egypt and the Sudan. View obituary. [34], Following the successes in the 1850s in the provinces of Guangxi, Hunan, and Hubei, and the capture of Nanjing in 1853, the rebel advance had slowed. The scriptures both Old and New Testaments are the law of his life and death. General Gordon was a figure outside and above the ranks of military and naval commanders." Pallbearers will be some of Gordon's beloved nephews. [206], A particular aspect of Gordon's personality that stood out was his death wish, as everyone who knew him was convinced that he wanted to die. [56] The British Army promoted Gordon to lieutenant-colonel on 16 February 1864,[57] and he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 9 December 1864. [43], On the morning of 30 May 1863, the Taiping forces guarding the town of Quinsan were astonished to see an armoured paddle streamer, the Hyson, armed with a 32-pounder cannon on the bow, sailing up a canal, at whose prow stood Gordon. [81], In October 1871, he was appointed British representative on the international commission to maintain the navigation of the mouth of the River Danube, with headquarters at Galatz. Wayland - Lorraine A. Dill, 94 years of age, passed away Saturday afternoon February 25, 2023 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. [168] Gordon and Wolseley were good friends (Wolseley being one of the people Gordon prayed for every night), and after a meeting with Wolseley at the War Office to discuss the crisis in the Sudan, Gordon left convinced that he had to go to the Sudan to "carry out the work of God". [32] He arrived at Tianjin in September 1860. He was born in Fortuna, CA 75 years ago to Winton and Evelyn Chase Gordon. [59] Gordon seemed pleased by his simple lifestyle, writing in a letter that: "One night, I slept better than I have for a long time, by a fire in a fisherman's hut". George, He will be much missed at work. On 5 August 1884, the House of Commons voted to send the relief force with a budget of 300,000. Obituary for George Gordon, Jr. | Friend Funeral Homes The repression of Gordon's sexual instincts helped to release a flood of celibate energy which drove him into weird beliefs, eccentric activities, and a sometimes misplaced confidence in his own judgement. Ever since the realisation of the sacrament, I have been turned upside down". [86] In 1873, Gordon received a definite offer from the Khedive, which he accepted with the consent of the British government, and proceeded to Egypt early in 1874. [12], To block the French, a British force under Herbert Kitchener was sent to conquer the Mahdiyah state and defeated the Ansar at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Obituary for Gordon Richard George | Christensen Salmon Generations [41], In March 1863, Gordon took command of the force at Songjiang, which had received the name of "Ever Victorious Army". George Gordon Ross Obituary (1933 - 2023) | Columbia, South Carolina [7], As a cadet, Gordon displayed exceptional talents at map-making and in designing fortifications, which led to his career choice of the Royal Engineers or "sappers" in the Army. Obituary George William Gordon II, 73, of Superior, Montana, passed away at his residence on Monday, July 25th, 2022, following a period of declining health. [183], Gordon decided to stay and hold Khartoum despite the orders of the Gladstone government to merely report about the best means of supervising the evacuation of the Sudan. In the 1980s this quiet civil servant . Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time. Alone in [Africa], dauntless and unfaltering, he discharges his great trust, holding the capital of the Sudan against the beleaguering hordes". A second and larger expedition under Prince Hassan was sent the following year and was routed at Gura. Share. It arrived two days after the city had fallen and Gordon had been killed. May you know God's Strength ,Peace and Comfort as you face the days ahead. From September 1882 onwards, Egypt was a de facto British protectorate effectively ruled by Baring, through in theory, Egypt remained an Ottoman province with a very wide degree of autonomy until 1914. Ward was killed in the Battle of Cixi and his successor H. A. Burgevine, an American, was disliked by the Imperial Chinese authorities. George Gordon Obituary (2021) - Grand Rapids, MI - Legacy.com Powers was delighted that the charismatic Gordon had no anti-Catholic prejudices and treated him as an equal. [59], On 2 March 1880, on his way from London to Switzerland, Gordon had visited King Leopold II of Belgium in Brussels and was invited to take charge of the Congo Free State. Eric Matthew Gairy, politician: born 18 February 1922; Member of Legislative Council, Grenada 1951-52 and 1954-55, Minister of Trade and Production 1956-57, Chief Minister and Minister of Finance . Earth's joys grow very dim, its glories have faded". He was born in Fortuna, CA 75 years ago to Winton and Evelyn Chase Gordon. [94] John Russell, the son of the famous war correspondent William Howard Russell, was another European recruited to serve on Gordon's staff. Gordon Hoekstra Apr 15, 2011 1:00 AM. Obituary for George Gordon | Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Service Just for the love of it | The Independent | The Independent [238], The Corps of Royal Engineers, Gordon's own Corps, commissioned a statue of Gordon on a camel. [174] Shortly afterwards, Gordon wrote what Urban called a "bizarre" letter to the Mahdi telling him to accept the authority of the Khedive of Egypt and offered him the chance to work as one of Gordon's provincial governors. He could only hurt a potential wife because it was inevitable that he would die in battle. Jackie (Meisner) Reinke, 78, died unexpectedly at home on Jan. 27, 2022. to the family or plant a tree [78] Faught argued that no-one at the time suspected Gordon of having sexual relations with the legions of teenage boys living with him at the Fort House. [202], The note read "Khartoum all right. Scorn and reproach were cast upon us, and would we plead that it was undeserved? [151], In Jerusalem, Gordon lived with an American lawyer, Horatio Spafford, and his wife, Anna Spafford, who were the leaders of the American Colony in the Holy City. A cornor [i.e., corner] in palace hall. Gordon was bored with the work of the Danube commission, and spent as much time as possible exploring the Romanian countryside, whose beauty enchanted Gordon when he was not making visits to Bucharest to meet up with his old friend Romolo Gessi, who was living there at the time. Gordon believed in reincarnation. [102] Faught argued that since no one else who knew Gordon in Equatoria described him in these terms, and given that Gordon's accusation that Chaill-Long was a spy for Aiyub Pasha seems to be justified, that Chaill-Long was engaging in character assassination as an act of revenge. The Europeans whom the Egyptians had hired to work as civil servants in the Sudan were no better and proved to be just as corrupt as the Egyptians. The insurgents were numerous, and he saw that diplomacy had a better chance of success. Asher concludes: "He did not save the country from invasion or disaster, but among the British heroes of all ages, there is perhaps no other who stands out so prominently as an individualist, a man ready to die for his principles. Donald Don Gordon Bowen 2023, avis dcs, necrologie, obituary [144], Gordon returned to Britain and rented a flat on 8 Victoria Grove in London. Obituaries & Death Notices in Glasgow - Funeral Guide Always thoughtful "[175] Even Wolseley had cause to regret sending Gordon, as the general revealed himself to be a loose cannon whose press statements attacking the Liberal government were "obstructing rather than furthering his plans to take over the Sudan". [38] Moreover, Burgevine made little effort to hide his racism, and his relations with the Chinese were very difficult at the best of times. His Irish-Italian family raised him. He ran Gordon's Flea Market for over 50 years and was the owner of Gordon's Construction Company. In him I found a dedicated and consummate professional who was unafraid to get his hands dirty and get the job done. [218] In a sermon, the Bishop of Chichester stated: "Nations who envied our greatness rejoiced now at our weakness and our inability to protect our trusted servant. He was warm, steadfast, and peaceable. [12] However, the British public and Kitchener himself saw the expedition as one to "avenge Gordon". Would you like to offer George Gordon Rosss loved ones a condolence message? George will be missed. [51] During his time with the Ever Victorious Army, Gordon had won thirty-three battles in succession. [43] At times, Gordon feared that assaults by the Taiping would take the Hyson, but all the attacks were repulsed. I have little doubt of our having pre-existed; and that also in the time of our pre-existence we were actively employed. [235] Shut for the closing years of World War II, it reopened in 1947 under the same name, but serving as a psychiatric unit operated by the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.