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Food service worker remembered


by Clara MacMillan
Public Relations
Margaret Grampus Gordon, an MUSC employee for 41 years, passed away June 21.  She was 63.
 
Most recently, Gordon worked as a food service supervisor in patient services. She previously worked as a cook and cook’s supervisor.  
 
Margaret Gordon

“She would ask the cooks to make sure that her meals were on time so that the patients would not have to wait. We will surely miss her,” said Jo Ann Howard, manager of Dietetic Services.  
 
Food and Nutrition general manager, Brad Masteller, saw how Gordon cared for patients and her coworkers. “She cared deeply about the patients and clearly understood the importance of the service we provided to them.  She would not accept shortcuts and took younger staff under her wing to get them on board with our mission,” Masteller said.
 
As a supervisor Gordon held all of her employees to a high standard.  “Mrs. Gordon was a supervisor who displayed all of the qualities that Sodexo wanted to meet in its mission statement.  She demonstrated Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Service (CARES) in her daily work.  She made sure that all of us also showed these same qualities,” said coworker Carolyn Smith.
 
Gordon was born April 19, 1947, in Hollywood. She was the daughter of the late Cephus and Celia Frazier Grampus.  Gordon received her education from Baptist Hill High School, then began her employment at MUSC in 1968.  On June 6, 1968 she  married the late Alonzo Gordon Sr. and was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church.  
 
She is survived by son, Jerone Grampus Sr. and wife, Maria, and Alonzo Gordon and his wife, Tynae; six grandchildren; Clarence Grampus, Ernest Grampus, William Grampus, Sam Grampus (Barbara), Julia Chaplin and Kathleen Jennings.
 
Her funeral was held June 26 at Wesley United Methodist Church.

Friday, July 16, 2010


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