Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Gordon, Clifton B. September 23 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Clifton B. Gordon
Nov.15, 1913 Sept. 23, 2004

Memorial services will be held for Clifton B. Gordon on Sunday, October 24, at 
3:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 98 Sterling Road (Corner of 
Sterling and Virginia Streets). Reverend Tom Schmidt will officiate. Memorial 
contributions in lieu of flowers would be welcome for the Unitarian Fellowship 
or for the League of Women Voters of Bakersfield, of which Clif was proud male 
member for 20 years. 

Clifton 'Clif' Gordon lived for 21 years in Bakersfield with his wife Dr. 
Helen H. Gordon, a professor of English at Bakersfield College, until her 
retirement in 1995, when they moved to Santa Barbra to reside in a 3-levels-of-
care retirement community.

Clif served as a volunteer minister at the Bakersfield Unitarian Fellowship, 
using his training from Harvard Divinity School and his ministerial 
credentials from the Unitarian-Universalist Association. He was instrumental 
in helping the small Bakersfield Unitarian Fellowship to buy land and build 
its present worship hall. He also conducted a number of weddings and memorial 
services in Bakersfield, Visalia, and Porterville.

He served as teacher, counselor, and administrator at Sacramento City College 
for 20 years, where he was Chair of the Social Sciences Division. He also 
taught part time in the Psychology and English departments of Bakersfield 
College.

A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Clif was educated at Boston University and 
Harvard Divinity School but was an avid lifelong learner, he enjoyed reading 
and cultural pursuits until his death from a stroke, in his sleep, on 
September 23,2004

He is survived by his wife, Helen H. Gordon, and her three children by a 
former marriage: Bruce Winn, Brent Winn, and Holly Winn Willner. 


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