He was a military veteran, a husband, a volunteer on behalf of the disenfranchised, the father of six daughters and a masters level swimmer and a swimming official.
From the Nov. 4, 1947 Telegram: "Believed to be the first woman archer ever to bag a deer in Wisconsin, Mrs. Nellie Jordan, 1608 E. Sixth St., shot a doe near Murray Lake in the southeastern part of Douglas County."