Grady Lee Jordan Obituary (1970

Grady Lee Jordan, 47, Fort Yates, North Dakota, passed away Friday, February 3, 2017, at Sanford Health, Bismarck. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 11, 2017, at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Fort Yates with Fr. John Paul Gardner officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 4-9:00 PM with a rosary service at 7:00 PM, Friday, February 10, 2017, also at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Fort Yates. Grady was born January 13, 1970, in Bismarck, to LeRoy and Jeanette (Bear King) Jordan. He attended St. Bernard's School from grades one through sixth and was an altar boy there. He also attended school in Wolf Point, Montana and Fort Yates, where he graduated from Standing Rock High School in 1988. He met his wife, Charlene Twinn in 1986 and married her in 1996. They had three children, Colt in 1988, LeRoy II in 1992, and Bridgette in 2000. Grady played baseball at Wolf Point High School. He loved playing softball during the summer months and was very good at it. He worked as an emergency firefighter, Early Head Start, construction, helping build Prairie Knights Casino, and St. Bernard's, with Brother George. He loved his animals but especially loved spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Charlene; mother, Jeanette Jordan and friend, Wilfred Red Tomahawk Sr.; one daughter, Bridgette Jordan; two brothers, John and Barry Jordan, all of Fort Yates; two grandchildren, Kiara Jordan and LeRoy Jordan III; aunties, Faye Lawyer, Imogene (Darrell) Bull Head, Patricia (Kelvin) Mathony, Nicole (Jess) Bear King, and Tonya Bull Head, father and mother-in-law, Donald and Marcella (Dwarf) Twinn; sisters-in-law, Susan Twinn and Donna Twinn; and many nieces and nephews;. Grady was preceded in death by his father; two sons, Colt and LeRoy II, and maternal grandparents, Lawrence and Amy Bear King.