Age 61. 56 Charlotte Street, Dorchester (Boston), MA. Born on 6/15/1881, Kovna, Russia. Died of burns (death certificate). Owner, Rockland Stove Exchange, 1021 Tremont Street, Roxbury (Boston), MA. Also a real estate agent of over 40 years. Was at the club with his wife Minnie, age 41, also died. Was pronounced dead upon his arrival at Mass General Hospital. His will was the first of a Grove victim to be challenged in Suffolk County Probate Court. Adult sons (by a previous marriage) Maurice, age 36, of Brookline, MA, and Leo, age 31, of Roxbury, sought to break the will, which cut them off, "...because they do not deserve the slightest consideration from me" (The Boston Herald, 6/10/1943). Also: "Maurice Gordon...said that until his father met Mrs. Minnie Ziegman [sic] about 1931, he had been a great family man, but that thereafter he left home." Will was upheld on 6/21/1943 by Judge John V. Mahoney. To the U.S. in 1904. First wife former Mary Rubin, divorced in 1936 (above Judge Mahoney oddly on the separation with his first wife: "That settlement reminds the court of a rabbit stew half rabbit and half horse, and it looks as though Mary was getting the half a horse"). Second wife and fire victim former Miss Minnie Cousin (surname Zigman by a previous marriage), married in 1939. Also survived by a married adult daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Oppenheim, age 35, of Brighton (Boston), MA (the latter was bequeathed $1,000, did not challenge her father's will). Was the oldest patron fatality at 61 years and 5 months. Was the second-oldest Grove fire casualty overall (after kitchen service cashier Miss Katherine "Kate" Swett, age 67). Was the fourth-oldest patron known present and sixth-oldest individual overall known present at the blaze. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Morris and Gertrude Gordon. Burial with his second wife at Mount Lebanon (Shara Tfilo) Cemetery, West Roxbury (Boston), MA.

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