September 18 1937 July 11 2019
SOUTH PORTLAND – Walter Irwin Jordan, Jr., 81, of South Portland died Thursday, July 11, 2019 after a brief illness. He was born in Portland on September 18, 1937, a son of Walter I. Jordan, Sr. and Katherine (Stephens) Jordan O’Brion. Skip graduated from South Portland High School, Class of 1956 then went onto attend Tufts University, Medford, MA, General Electic Company, Lynn, MA and Portland Junior College, Portland. He enlisted in the US Army in 1959, stationed in Hanau, Germany and was honorably discharged in 1962. In 1964, he married Ellen Marie Kelley and resided in South Portland. He was employed at the Portland Company on Fore Street and later for the Southern Maine Community College formerly known as SMTC as the supervisor in the energy testing lab. He held a professional license in heating and air conditioning and certified in solid fuel testing. Skip was a member of the American Legion. He was predeceased by his parents and step-father, Edward H. O’Brion, a brother, Robert Lyons and sister, Carole Withers. Surviving besides his wife of 55 years are daughter, Priscilla Wilkinson and her husband Jason; son, Brion Jordan; brother, James O’Brion and his wife, Mary; granddaughters, Natasha Jordan, Gwyneth Wilkinson and Isabella Wilkinson and great-grandson, Lucas Maloney. Visiting hours will be 2:00pm – 3:00pm on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at the Windham Chapel of Dolby Blais & Segee, 434 River Road where funeral services will follow at 3:00pm at the chapel. Burial will follow at Chase Cemetery, Windham. In lieu of flowers, donations in Skip’s memory may be made to the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, PO Box 336, Westbrook, ME 04098. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Walter “Skip” I. Jordan Jr. please visit our Sympathy Store.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Walter Skip I Jordan Jr September 18 1937 July 11 2019.
Death notice for the town of: Gorham, state: Maine