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Gordon R. Vercoe Jr.
SPEARFISH, SD – Gordon R. Vercoe Jr, 84, resident of Spearfish, South Dakota and former resident of Ishpeming, Michigan, passed away on November 30, 2020, in Yuma, Arizona, his winter home, after a brief hard-fought battle with Covid-19.
He was born in Ishpeming, on May 18, 1936, to Gordon and Bertha (Vertanen) Vercoe, growing up in Gwinn and Ishpeming (North Lake) Michigan.
After high school he joined the U.S. Navy (1954-1958) and was a torpedo man stationed aboard one of two battleships (the U.S.S. Hank) in the Korean Conflict. He married, Nancy H. Ruohomaki, in 1959 and had four children: Tamara, Gordon, Cherie and Derrick. They were married for over forty-five years.