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FAIRVIEW — Memorial service for Max Glen Jordan, 78, of Fairview, Okla., will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 12, 2015, at Fairview First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Rich Redinger will officiate. Arrangements are by Fairview Funeral Home Inc.
Max Glen Jordan was born Sept. 14, 1936, in Cheyenne Valley, near Fairview, to Violet and Glen Jordan. He attended school for four and a half years in Cheyenne Valley, before moving to Fairview, where he attending Fairview schools and played football, basketball and ran track during his high school career. His senior year he went to state in both high hurdles and low hurdles. He was undefeated in both until state, where he won second in the high hurdles and fourth in the low hurdles. Max graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1959, with a degree in business and business education. On Oct. 11, 1959, he married Phyllis Austin, to whom he was married for 54 years until her death. After graduating from college, Max and Phyllis moved to Phillipsburg, Kan., where he taught math. Max returned to Fairview to help with the farming after his father was killed in an accident. He taught one year at the school in Orienta, where he taught fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades. He then taught three years at Fairview High School, where he taught math, business courses and coached football, basketball and track.
In 1967, he bought the Coast to Coast store, where he developed a large TV and appliance business with a service center. Community involvement was very important to Max. He was a member of Fairview Chamber of Commerce for years. He served as both president of the board and was chairman of the retail committee the year they gave away a car. He, along with Marvin Martens and Gene Eitzen, ran the Major County Historical Society’s Threshing Bee for the first five years. Max spent time obtaining supplies for the Historical Society. He served on the Fairview Board of Education for 10 years, where he served as clerk, vice president and president. While on the board, he worked tirelessly to build the new music building, FFA building and added on to Chamberlin Middle School. Max held numerous positions in the Methodist Church from board chairman, lay leader, finance chairman and president of the Methodist Men and Trustees. He, along with Bob Vanmeter, worked tirelessly to build the new Methodist Church. They also remodeled the Learn and Play Center for the community and helped build the new press box for Fairview High School football stadium.
He was a man of many talents and acted as general contractor during the building of his daughter’s home and the remodel of the Twin Theater in Enid into office space.
He farmed and ranched in the Fairview area his entire life, with land in Cheyenne Valley, Chester and Cedar Springs.
Max is survived by his two children, Kerry Jordan with wife Alison and three children, Claire, Julia and Clark from Gilbert, Ariz., and daughter, Katresa Riffel with her husband Craig and their two children, Colburn and Kamber of Enid, Okla. He also is survived by his sister, Rose Orene Smith; and cousin, J Edward Jordan; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Fairview First United Methodist Church, with Fairview Funeral Home Inc. acting as custodian.
Condolences may be made at www.fairviewfuneralhomeinc.com.
(Submitted by family)
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