Gordon James Brazas
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Gordon James Brazas passed away peacefully on October 7, 2021, at the age of 82. He was surrounded by family at his home in Valle Crucis, North Carolina.
Gordon was born August 28, 1939, in Wyandotte Michigan. Raised in Detroit during his youth, he would spend his summers at his grandparent's farm in Litchfield, Michigan, and would later move to Marshall in 1954. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1957 and went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from Ferris State University in 1961.
Gordon taught high school math in Hastings Michigan for 3 years before taking a data processing position with Kellogg's in Battle Creek. He retired from Kellogg's as a Director in the Information Technology Department in 1995.
He loved nature, and spent much of his free time outdoors landscaping, backpacking, cycling, and vacationing with his family. He favored bicycling overall and was an avid long-distance cyclist well into his late 70's. His love of bicycling was so great that in 1973 he opened Marshall's first and only bicycle shop, operating it alongside his father-in-law for several years.
Gordon lived a life that enriched his family and those around him. He was a charter member of Mountainside Lutheran Church in Linville, NC. He is survived by his loving wife Carolyn (Bauer) Brazas, his four children, James (Pamela), Todd, Heather Webb, and Kara Moore (James). Five grandchildren, Alisha, Zachary, Andrew, Nicholas, and Reagan, and one great grandchild, Mack.
He will be forever missed by family and friends.
Services will be held Saturday, October 23, 2:00PM at Mountainside Lutheran Church in Linville, NC.
Memorials can be made to Mountainside Lutheran Church and the Samaritan's Purse.
Online condolences may be sent to the Brazas family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com
Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.