Gordon Ray Barton was born to Carl Milton Barton and Vesta Jean Neisius at Ruth Potter Hospital in Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska on October 28, 1942. He was the third of seven children. He died February 12, 2017 at his home in Fremont. In 1959, at the age of 17, he went into the Army with his older brother Albert "Deon" Barton. After Basic Training in Colorado, he was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany where he guarded the atomic warheads for the atomic cannons that were stored in bunkers. When not on guard duty, he trained as a Bazooka Specialist. After leaving the Army in 1962, he joined the Local 1140 Laborers Union Hall in Omaha, Nebraska. He worked Construction for approximately 25 years, working on various highway and building projects in and around the Fremont and Omaha areas. He married Judith Dianne Logan on November 23, 1970 in Fremont. He was baptized as one of Jehovahs Witnesses in February 1973. Gordon held the hope of the Resurrection in his heart even into his dying days. He is survived by his wife of 46 years Judith "Dianne" Barton of Fremont; daughter Amber Dalton of Fremont; son Les (Tracy) Barton of Wilber NE; granddaughter Autumn Barton of Blue Mound IL, grandson John Dalton of Blue Mound IL, and youngest grandson Andrew Dalton of Fremont; brothers Albert "Deon" Barton of Nebraska and Carl Gene (Debbie) Barton of Alabama; sisters Cinda Joy (Roy "Mac") McCabe of Fremont and Patricia Adele (Richard) Loewe of Fremont; sister-in-law Connie Montgomery of South Dakota; aunt Leona Cornelius of Cotati CA; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Gordon was preceded in death by his parents; sisters Patricia "Patty" Ruth Barton and Clara "Sue" Brewer; brothers John Warren Grissom and Charles "Chuck" LeRoy Montgomery. He will be greatly missed.