NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 G. A. Gorder George A. Gorder, a product of the west, is a successful lawyer and one of the highly respected members of the Sioux City bar, with which he has been identified for a period of ten years. He was born July 24, 1888, in Deadwood, South Dakota, and his father, Carl O. Gorder, was a native of Norway. He came to the United States when a youth of seventeen and lived for a time in Minnesota, filling the position of clerk in a mercantile establishment. He went from that state to South Dakota and for many years was engaged in the fire insurance business at Deadwood, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away May 2, 1925, at the age of fifty-eight years. He had married Anna M. Johnson, who was born in the city of Chicago and survives her husband. Mr. Gorder attended the public schools of his native city and Woodworth Academy in Denver, Colorado. He entered the employ of the government and became acting forest supervisor of the Black Hills national forest of South Dakota and later of the Battlement Mesa national forest of Colorado. In the meantime he read law during his leisure hours and in 1913 came to Sioux City, Iowa, to continue his studies. He was admitted to the bar on October 7, 1915, and has since practiced in this city except during the legislative session of 1916-17, when he was employed in a professional capacity in the governor's office at Des Moines. Mr. Gorder was assistant city attorney of Sioux City in 1918 and 1921, while during 1919 he acted as assistant county attorney. He is a strong and able lawyer, well qualified to handle important litigation, and his clientele has steadily increased as he has had opportunity to demonstrate his legal acumen. On October 14, 1912, Mr. Gorder was united in marriage to Miss Esther Sarah Larson and they now have three daughters: Helen, whose birth occurred on September 11, 1913; Mildred, who was born October 27, 1916; and Elizabeth, born February 17, 1919. Mr. Gorder is influential in local political circles and has served as secretary of the republican organization of Woodbury county, acting in that capacity from 1922 until 1924 inclusive. He is state reporter for the Knights of Pythias lodge and is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Riverside Boat Club and is a Presbyterian in religious faith. Mr. Gorder is a young man of studious nature and natural talent and acquired ability have brought him rapidly to the fore in his profession. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/