Ref: Toledo Blade Obituary for Gordon F. Ponceby, 10 April 1984, Page 13
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Toledo Blade Obituary for Gordon F. Ponceby, 10 April 1984, Page 13
The Blade obituary for Gordon F. Ponceby, age 58, of West Street, Whitehouse, reporting that he died 9 April 1984 in St. Luke's Hospital and summarizing his automotive career, Bowling Green State University education, World War II Army Air Force service, survivors, body donation, and memorial-contribution request.
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The Blade obituary for Gordon F. Ponceby, age 58, of West Street, Whitehouse, reporting that he died 9 April 1984 in St. Luke's Hospital and summarizing his automotive career, Bowling Green State University education, World War II Army Air Force service, survivors, body donation, and memorial-contribution request.
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Type
Obituary
Date
10 April 1984
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decedent name
Gordon F. Ponceby
principal name as recorded
Gordon F. Ponceby
headline as recorded
Gordon Ponceby Was Associated 35 Years With Automotive Business
publication name
The Blade
publication date
10 April 1984
publication page
13
age
58
residence as recorded
West Street, Whitehouse
death date as recorded
yesterday
death date
9 April 1984
death place as recorded
St. Luke's Hospital
birth place as recorded
Alberta, Canada
lifetime residence as recorded
most of his life in the Whitehouse area
education as recorded
graduate of the Bowling Green State University, business administration
occupation as recorded
associated 35 years with the automotive retail business
employer as recorded
Brondes Motor Sales
employment duration as recorded
During the last 25 years
military service as recorded
served in the army air force during World War II
associations as recorded
past president of Riverby Hills Golf Association
member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity
member of Phi Alpha Chi, an honorary accounting fraternity
survivors
role
wife
name as recorded
Shirley
linked person
person-shirley-jean-armstrong-1930
role
son
name as recorded
Edward
role
son
name as recorded
David
role
sister
name as recorded
Mrs. Cathy Johnson
linked person
person-catherine-margaret-ponceby-1927
body donation as recorded
Medical College of Ohio
funeral details
The body had been donated to Medical College of Ohio. There will be no visitation or services.
memorial request as recorded
contributions to the American Cancer Society
Notice
Decedent
Gordon F. Ponceby
Death date
9 April 1984
Publication Date
10 April 1984
Publication Name
The Blade
Funeral Details
The body had been donated to Medical College of Ohio. There will be no visitation or services.
Other details
Principal Name As Recorded
Gordon F. Ponceby
Headline As Recorded
Gordon Ponceby Was Associated 35 Years With Automotive Business
Publication Page
13
Age
58
Residence As Recorded
West Street, Whitehouse
Death Date As Recorded
yesterday
Death Place As Recorded
St. Luke's Hospital
Birth Place As Recorded
Alberta, Canada
Lifetime Residence As Recorded
most of his life in the Whitehouse area
Education As Recorded
graduate of the Bowling Green State University, business administration
Occupation As Recorded
associated 35 years with the automotive retail business
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Manual transcription created from the user-supplied TIFF; local OCR was useful for orientation but not treated as authoritative.
The obituary says Gordon died "yesterday"; the publication date makes this 9 April 1984, matching the death certificate.
The death place is recorded only as "St. Luke's Hospital" in this clipping; the existing death certificate supplies Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio.
The clipping names "Mrs. Cathy Johnson" as Gordon's sister. This is linked to Catherine Margaret Ponceby as a likely match because of the rare surname family context, the existing Kathryn/Cathy identity chain, and the Robert Ray Johnson marriage lead, but the source remains proposed pending user review.
The 10 April clipping does not name daughters Gayle or Laura, son Bruce, or brother Peter Cook; the 11 April 1984 follow-up notice adds them.
Manual transcription from Ponceby Gordon Toledo Blade Apr 10 1984 p13.tif, a Toledo Blade clipping supplied by the user.
Publication: The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
Publication date: 10 April 1984
Page: 13
Headline: Gordon Ponceby Was Associated 35 Years With Automotive Business
Gordon F. Ponceby, 58, of West Street, Whitehouse, associated 35 years with the automotive retail business, died yesterday in St. Luke's Hospital.
Born in Alberta, Canada, Mr. Ponceby resided most of his life in the Whitehouse area.
He was a graduate of the Bowling Green State University, where he received a degree in business administration.
During the last 25 years Mr. Ponceby was a salesman for Brondes Motor Sales.
He was a past president of Riverby Hills Golf Association, and a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and Phi Alpha Chi, an honorary accounting fraternity.
Mr. Ponceby served in the army air force during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Shirley; sons, Edward and David, and sister, Mrs. Cathy Johnson.
The body had been donated to Medical College of Ohio. There will be no visitation or services.
The family requests that any tributes be in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society.
Notes:
- The heading spells the given name "Gordon"; the existing death certificate source types the name as "Gorden."
- The obituary says he "died yesterday"; with the 10 April 1984 publication date, this supports a death date of 9 April 1984, matching the death certificate.
- The 10 April clipping does not name daughters Gayle or Laura, son Bruce, or brother Peter Cook; the 11 April 1984 follow-up notice adds them.
Place
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county
Lucas
state
Ohio
country
USA
place
Whitehouse, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Details
Record details
pages
1
publication
The Blade
publication place
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
publication date
10 April 1984
page
13
clipping title
Gordon Ponceby Was Associated 35 Years With Automotive Business
image format
TIFF
image dimensions
1166 x 2625 pixels
image resolution
400 x 400 ppi
Notes
Research notes
This is a distinct image-backed newspaper clipping from the 11 April 1984 Blade death notice and the TLCPL obituary-index entry.
No citation block is included because the user-supplied TIFF did not include a printed repository citation page.
Accepted by the user on 4 June 2026 for Gordon F. Ponceby's obituary, death-date support, residence, career, education, military-service, body-donation, funeral/no-service, memorial, and survivor-context facts only.
Keep Cathy/Catherine Johnson relationship questions unresolved from this obituary alone; do not update canonical person relationships from this approval alone.