CANFIELD - A memorial Mass will be celebrated Wednesday at noon at the Holy Family Church in Poland for C. Gordon Scull, 61, who died Friday afternoon after a brief illness.
Gordon was born March 10, 1948, in St. Marys, Pa., the son of Charles E. and Almeda R. Hanes Scull.
He was a 1966 graduate of Elk County Christian High School and in 1970 graduated with a degree in finance from St. Francis College in Loretto, Pa. He later earned the Chartered Life Underwriter designation from the American College. He entered the Insurance business in 1992 and was a career agent with Ohio National Financial Services for 15 years. In May of 2007, he joined the New York Life Insurance Company.
He was an active member of Holy Family Church and its choir, was currently serving as the President of the Mahoning-Shenango Chapter of Financial Service Professionals and as a member and trustee of the Mahoning-Shenango Valley Estate Planning Council. He also served as a trustee of the
Westside Merchants.
Gordon was an avid trap shooter, a longtime member of the Vienna Fish and Game Club and a member an officer of the local chapter of the Friends of
the NRA.
He is survived by his fiance, Janet O'Neal, and her daughter, Erin O'Neal of Canfield; four daughters, Jennifer Christopher Albrecht of Massillon, Rebecca Scull of Poland, Rachael Randy Smith of Canfield and Erin Christopher Denison of Charlotte, N.C.; three sisters, Mary Lynn David Nicklas of St. Marys, Pa., Fern William Tuberson of St. Marys, Pa., and Elizabeth Mark Woydick of Johnston, Pa.; a brother, George Karen Scull of Kersey, Pa.; and five grandchildren, Nathan and Margaret Albrecht and Randy Smith Jr. and Cameron and Chloe Smith.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Home, Poland Chapel.
The family has requested that material tributes take the form of donations to either Holy Family Church or Hospice House in Gordon's memory.
Gordon's family would also like to acknowledge his good friend, Randy Hart, for his support and the professional staffs of both St. Elizabeth Hospital, Boardman Campus I.C.U. and the Hospice House for their dedicated care and compassion.