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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Max Glen Jordan
Max Glen
Jordan
Sep 14, 1936 — Jun 8, 2015
Fairview
Max Glen Jordan's Obituary
Memorial Services for Max Jordan, 78, of Fairview, Oklahoma will be 2 pm, Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Fairview First United Methodist Church. Reverend Rich Redinger will officiate. Arrangements are by Fairview Funeral Home, Inc.
Max Jordan was born September 14, 1936 in Cheyenne Valley near Fairview, Oklahoma to Violet and Glen Jordan. He attended school for 4 1/2 years in Cheyenne Valley before moving to Fairview and attending Fairview Schools. He played football, basketball, and ran track during his high school career. His senior year he went to state in both high hurdles and low hurdles. He was undefeated in both until state where he won 2 nd in the high hurdles and 4 th in the low hurdles. He was track captain and Student Counsel Vice President. He graduated from Fairview High School in 1954. Max graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1959 with a degree in Business and Business Education. He was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity where he served as Vice President. While at OSU, he ran three weeks with the OSU track team. On October 11, 1959 he married Phyllis Austin to whom he was married for 54 years until her death. After graduating from college, Max and Phyllis moved to Phillipsburg, Kansas where he taught math. He also coached football, basketball, and track.
Max returned to Fairview to help with the farming after his father was killed in an accident. He taught 1 year at the school in Orienta where he taught 5 th , 6 th , 7 th , and 8 grades. He then taught 3 years at Fairview High School where he taught math, business courses, and coached football, basketball, and track. In 1967, he bought the Coast to Coast store where he developed a large TV and appliance business with a service center.
Community involvement was very important to Max. He was a member of the Fairview Chamber of Commerce for years. He served as both President of the Board and was Chairman of the Retail Committee the year they gave away a car. He, along with Marvin Martens and Gene Eitzen ran the Major County Historical Society's Threshing Bee for the first 5 years. Max spent time obtaining supplies for the Historical Society. With the supplies, Max was instrumental in constructing the fence, pavilion, blacksmith shop, sewer lines and connected them to the city lines along with many other projects at the Historical Society. He served on the Fairview Board of Education for 10 years where he served as clerk, Vice President, and President. While on the Board he worked tirelessly to build the new music building, FFA building, and added on to Chamberlin Middle School.
Max along with his business partner, Marvin Martens helped with both beatification and usefulness of the downtown area. They bought the old Boehs Hotel and tore it down replacing the old building with new buildings housing numerous businesses on Main Street.
He served on the Excise Board for over 10 years, was President of the Board and was instrumental in obtaining the first computers for the Court house along with central heat and air. He also worked to build the EMS building.
Max held numerous positions in the Methodist church from Board Chairman, lay leader, finance chairman, President of the Methodist Men, and Trustees. He, along with Bob Vanmeter worked tirelessly to build the new Methodist Church. They also remolded the Learn and Play Center for the Community and helped build the new press box for the Fairview High School Football stadium.
He was a man of many talents and acted as General Contractor during the building of his daughter's home and the remodel of the Twin Theater in Enid into office space. Max farmed and ranched in the Fairview area his entire life with land in Cheyenne Valley, Chester, and Cedar Springs.
Max is survived by his two children, Kerry Jordan with wife Alison, and three children Claire, Julia, and Clark from Gilbert, Arizona and daughter Katresa Riffel with her husband Craig, and their two children Colburn and Kamber of Enid, OK. He is also survived by his sister Rose Orene Smith, and cousin J Edward Jordan as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fairview First United Methodist Church with Fairview Funeral Home Inc. acting as custodians.
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