April 14 - 20, 2017

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Vet Gordon Gosh from page 14 Summer Work In Des Peres

A chaplain stopped by one
evening and saw Gosh looking at
travel brochures instead of doing his
lessons. The chaplain told the ships
captain, who in turn named Gosh tour
coordinator. As tour coordinator, Gosh
took his officer and enlisted shipmates
to Switzerland and France.
I took 15 of the guys skiing at the
11,000-foot Jungfrau Mountain near
Interlaken in Switzerland only one
or two had skied before, and we made
quite a sight, he recalled.
For his military service, Gosh
received medals including those for
World War II, National Defense,
the American Campaign, the Navy
Occupation, the Asiatic Pacific
Campaign and the China Occupation.
As the Korean War was winding
down, Gosh was released from the Navy
in 1952, returning to the University of
Toledo, where he met and married then
classmate, Marylin.
He invited me to join a new chapter
of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
which he had helped get started on
campus otherwise, we would have
never met, she said. The couple
will celebrate their 65th wedding
anniversary in June.
A professor from the University of
Toledo referred Gosh to the University of
Chicago and Northwestern University
for their pre-med curriculum. Gosh
attended Northwestern where he
graduated in 1954 with a degree in
biochemistry.
Gordon and Marylin had four
children. Their eldest son, Gary, a pilot
who served in the Air Force, died in
1986 at age 30 on a honeymoon flight
with his wife Valent. Son Jeffrey, who
also served in the Air Force, lives in
Crestwood; daughter Cynthia Davis,
of OFallon Mo., is a former state
legislator and OFallon alderman and
operates the Back to Basics Christian
bookstore; and daughter Cathryn
Nelson is an ICU charge nurse in
Dallas. Gordon and Marylin have 14
grandchildren including Benjamin
Davis, an Air Force pilot.
Gosh worked from 1954 to 1965
for Swift and Company in their food
research lab in Chicago. Later in his
career he moved to Boston to work for
the William Underwood Co. He worked
in developing the drawn steel can used
universally today for food products. In
1982, Pet Incorporated bought William
Underwood, and Gosh was transferred
to St. Louis.
We moved to Warson Woods in
1983, to the first home we looked at,
said Gosh, retired from Pet since 1992.
Gosh has kept busy in retirement.
He repairs fitness equipment at local
YMCAs and is a master gardener at
the Kemper Center of the Missouri
Botanical Garden. As a certified
arborist, he also volunteers with the St.
Louis Forestry Council.
Gosh has served as Warson Woods
alderman since 1995.
Warson Woods is special. The
neighbors are nice to each other and the
city is convenient to everything as well
as offering great shopping facilities, he
said.
Gosh said he is looking forward to
the April 22 Honor Flight.
But I feel like I was the one who
really benefited from my military
service, through the education, culture
and discipline, he said.
from page 4
August pending approval of the
Missouri Department of Conservation.
Street slab replacement on
Westledge Court in mid-May which
will take three to four weeks.
Stormwater improvements on
Topping Lane to be split into two
projects over two years. Stormwater
work will be done this year and the
street next year.
Street resurfacing for Claychester
Drive from Bopp Road to the bridge,
Lillian Avenue and Harwood Road
starting in mid-June through October.
Work on Harwood will begin after
Claychester is finished.
Meyer suggested that residents
visit the city website, www.deperesmo.
org/projects for updates.
Age To Buy Cigarettes Raised
Des Peres
Aldermen raised
the minimum
age to purchase
tobacco products
and electronic
cigarettes from 18
to 21.
The change is
in line with St.
Louis County,
which passed the same law that went
into effect Jan. 1 and included all
municipalities and unincorporated
areas of the county.
Clean Energy District
Aldermen voted to join the
Missouri Clean Energy District which
will provide capital to fund energy
efficiency and renewable energy
products.
Residential, commercial and
industrial property owners in Des
Peres will have access to state
financing at market rates for energy
efficient improvements to their
property.
The bonus is that when you sell
your house, you dont have to pay off
a note (for the improvements), said
City Administrator Doug Harms. It is
assumed by the buyer and funded over
time by the property tax.
Harms said homeowners can contact
the Missouri Clean Energy Board for a
list of approved contractors.
They can also use their own
contractor who can pursue approval
with the energy board, he said.
New Fence For Des Peres Park
While the board of aldermen
approved a fence running along the
southern boundary of Des Peres Park,
it removed Harwood Park from the
resolution pending more discussion.
The city received a bid of $6,000 for
the Harwood Park fence and $13,980
for Des Peres Park from Diamond
Fence Company.
However, some residents did not
like the black chain link fence proposed
to be installed along Two Mile Creek
which runs by Harwood Park.
There is a perceived liability with
kids falling in the creek and we know
about it, said Mayor Rick Lahr.
The board decided to get more
resident information about the fence
before introducing another resolution.

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