11/24/2025
Timothy Lee Jordan remembered
By Charlotte Burrous
During the service at Praise Community Church, Michelle Jordan thanked everyone for attending the service for Timothy Lee Jordan.
“It means a lot to me that he touched so many lives,” she said. “There’s a lot I don’t know. He did a lot for the community. I don’t always know the personal things he did do.”
Born June 24, 1968, in Hagerstown, Md. to Gary and Alameda Jordan, Timothy Lee Jordan was the youngest of five siblings. He had three brothers and a sister.
“He didn’t talk much about his early life, but he did tell me his family would move from place to place,” Michelle said. “He would change schools quite a bit. He was a dog person. He loved dogs. Then he would lose them when they had to move again. He had quite a bit of a rough time when he was younger.”
When he was 18, he graduated from South Hagerstown High School. Not long after, he joined the U.S. Marines, serving from 1986-1991. During that time, he was deployed to Japan, where he responded to a fire in a warehouse without the proper equipment.
“He ended up with very severe asthma,” Michelle said.
After his tour in Japan, he was discharged from the Marines then began to work at a siding vinyl business and for Walmart before joining the State of Maryland as a correctional officer for the Maryland Department of Corrections. He served in Jessup, Md., then transferred to MCTC in his hometown of Hagerstown.
Michelle met Tim in 1995 and they were married Oct. 3, 1998, Michelle said. In 2000, their son, Alexander was born and in 2003, Connor, their youngest was born. They were living in Green Castle, Penn. His doctors told him with his asthma it was better for him to move to a dryer climate, which is how they ended up in Colorado, originally to Cañon City before settling in Florence.
Once here, he was on disability and couldn’t work.
“I think he just wanted to feel useful,” Michelle said. “We switched roles a little bit. I was the one who worked and he was the one who would go to the parent/teacher conferences and he would go to the school when they had different activities. He also helped in the schools, helping kids with their reading and their math. He would donate money from time to time to the Cañon City School District for playground equipment, field trips (and) things like that. Then somewhere along the line, he got to the point that he became very interested in the local political scene.”
She noted he did canvasing for voters and researched laws and cases. He also served on the Florence School District Board and volunteered with the Cañon City Rec. District haunted house, Aftermath.
Tim was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Terry and Gary. He is survived by his wife, Michelle, his sons, Alexander and Conner; his sister, Michelle, of Alaska; and his brother, Michael, of Hagerstown, Md.
“Tim was an amazing man,” Michelle said. “I’m finding he did a lot of things he didn’t brag about. He did things very quietly, but he loved this community and he loved his family. We’re going to miss him a lot.”
After she spoke, numerous friends related stories of their involvement with Tim.
It was truly a moving ceremony for an amazing man, who was passionate about his family and his community. We will miss you Tim.
