LITTLE FALLS - Gordon "Jack" Oldfield, 74, formerly of Herkimer, died Saturday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2001, in Van Allen Nursing Home.
He was born June 13, 1927, in Herkimer, a son of the late George P. and Edith O. Gilbert Oldfield. Raised and educated in Herkimer, he was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. In 1948, he married Mary Dawson in Herkimer. For over 25 years he worked for the A&P Grocery Store in Herkimer. He and his wife had moved to California in the 1980s. Jack returned to the Herkimer area after his wife died in 1996. He was a member of the Herkimer American Legion Post 38.
Surviving are three sons, a daughter, a brother and sister-in-law, Andrew (Ted) and Patricia Oldfield of Wildwood, Fla.; a sister, Beverly Grzeszczuk of Herkimer; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Wilford in 1921, George in 1923, Robert in 1978 and Girard in 1994.
Funeral service will be on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Fenner Funeral Home Inc., 115 Court St., Herkimer, with the Rev. Mark Cunningham, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Calling hours will be on Wednesday one hour prior to the service (from noon to 1 p.m.).