win. Ron volunteered for the Boy Scouts for many years as a group leader. It was this same determined nature that carried him through 14 months of difficult treatment for esophageal cancer. He never quit trying. He is survived by his wife Ellen of Forest City; their sons Travis (Tracey Peterson) Jordan of Garner and their children Claire and Sophia and Levi Jordan of Forest City and Ellen's daughter Alexia (Trevor) Zeller and their son Trevor of Sparta, WI. Ron's mother, Marcella Gaines of Atlantic, IA and four brothers, Jon Jordan, Kim Jordan, Jay Jordan, and Jerry Gaines Jr. Ron was preceded in death by his father, Jon L. Jordan and his step-father, Jerry Gaines.