Tuesday, March 18, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
Retired Air Force Col. James Jordan, a pilot who served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and retired in Las Vegas, died Saturday at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was 72.
Jordan served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1969-1972, as Defense representative to India from 1972-74, and as commander of Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana from 1974-76.
He retired to Las Vegas in 1978 and was part owner/operator of Ridgways Blueprint until 1986. After that, he worked for Capco Enterprises until suffering a stroke in 1989.
Jordan was a past president of the Executive Lions Club, a member of the Retired Officers Association and a member of Christ Episcopal Church.
He was born Dec. 21, 1924, in Fairgrove, Mich.
He is survived by his wife, Jackie; three sons, Bruce and Doug of Arlington, Texas, and Craig of South Whitley, Ind.; three daughters, Jamie Williams of Arlington, Texas, Debbie Gustavson of Las Vegas and Dana Brake of Layton, Utah; his mother, Lurabelle Jordan of South Whitley, Ind.; a brother, Robert, of Richmond, Va.; and a sister, Nancy Messavage of Medina, Ohio.
Visitation is 6:30-9 p.m. today at Christ Church, 2000 S. Maryland Parkway. Services are 8 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Church. Burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
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