HAMPSTEAD, NH: C. Earle Gordon, 89, formerly of Haverhill, died Saturday at Penacook Place surrounded by members of his family.

Mr. Gordon was the husband of Priscilla J. (Emerson) Gordon. Born in Groveland August 15, 1917, Mr. Gordon was the son of the late Daniel H. and Mabel E. (Hunt) Emerson. Mr. Gordon graduated from both Haverhill High and Haverhill Trade Schools class of 1935. He was a master mechanic who gained knowledge of cars while working for his father at Gordon's Garage in Haverhill. When urban renewal claimed the property in 1967 he opened his own business, Gordon & Sons, in Newton, NH where he worked for several years until his retirement.

Mr. Gordon had been a resident of Hampstead since 1967, and had served on the Hampstead Police Department for fourteen years. He was a member of the Charles C. Dame Lodge in Georgetown, MA, and received his fifty yearpin in 1994.

Besides his wife of 67 years, he is survived by his daughter, Nancy Ann Pike, Nampa, ID; sons, Richard E. Gordon, East Kingston, NH, Ronald P. Gordon, North Fort Myers, FL; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Gordon was the brother of the late Cpt. Clifton L. Gordon who died during the Battle of the Bulge, and Raymond E. Gordon.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service Wednesday 7:00 p.m. at Dole, Childs & Shaw Funeral Home, 148 Main Street, Haverhill.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Emerson Memorial Fund, c/o Riverside Memorial Church, 278 Groveland Street, Haverhill, MA 01830, or the Hampstead Police Department, 16 Emerson Ave., Hampstead, NH 03841.

Online condolences may be sent to www.dcsfuneralhome.com

Online condolences may be sent to www.dcsfuneralhome.com