RICHMOND, UTAH: Marcus Gordon Otte (Gordon), passed away in Quincy, California on February 29, 2006, nearly 82 years old.

Gordon was born on March 17, 1924 in the tiny rural town of Elkhorn, Nebraska, and spent his youth there. He served as a Flight Navigator in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. He moved to Cache Valley in 1949 to work at The Pet Milk Company in Richmond - his first job after completing his Bachelor's Degree in Dairy Engineering at the University of Nebraska. In Richmond he met the woman who would be his wife until his death, Wanda Spackman. They married in 1950 and moved to California, first to Salinas, later to Concord and Fresno, finally settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. They lived at their home at 910 Hohener Avenue in Hayward, California for over 35 years.

In spite of all those years in California, Wanda and Gordon always referred to Richmond as "home". Upon Gordon's retirement in 1988 they made the move back to Utah, where they were lucky to find a lovely house on Main Street in Richmond, previously owned by Wanda's Aunt Marth. There they were happy to be near Wanda's sister Betty Hendricks and her family, and they enjoyed sitting on their porch, waving at passersby and talking to neighborhood kids. Failing health lead to the decision to move once again in 1999, this time to Loyalton, California, to be closer to their children in Northern California.

Gordon is preceded in death by his parents, Marcus G. Otte and Loretta Prinz Otte, and his only brother Robert C. Otte.

He is survived by his wife, Wanda Otte and children Martha Jane Otte, Terence Gordon Otte, and Cynthia Marie Korkeila.

Services will be held at the Allen-Hall Mortuary in Logan on Saturday March 4 at 11 a.m., followed by internment at Richmond City Cemetery. Viewing at 10 a.m. the same day, until time of services. Condolences may be sent to the family at Allen Mortuaries.