Maureen Gordon

Middletown - Maureen Gordon, 78, of Middletown, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 19, 2013 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence surrounded by her loving family. Born in Isleworth, England on Nov. 13, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Hoban and Elizabeth (Gilligan) Hoban. As a child, Maureen was a survivor of the London blitzkrieg during WWII.A beloved wife and mother, Maureen is survived by her husband of 46 years, Hayes I. "Jerry" Gordon of Middletown, RI, and sons Damon, of Newport, RI, and Sean and Tyrone of Middletown, RI.In her younger years, Maureen traveled extensively as a flight attendant for BOAC. As the wife of a retired captain, USN, she raised her family while stationed all over the country and world. While living in Taiwan in the late 1960's she was a Red Cross volunteer, helping treat wounded Vietnam veterans at Naval Hospital Taipei. While living in Anchorage, Alaska, she was the secretary to the president of the Alyeska Pipeline Company during that company's initial construction phase. She spent her latter years, nearly 30 of them, working with renowned interior decorator Richard Nelson in Newport, RI.Maureen was an accomplished artist, particularly in Chinese brush painting techniques she learned while living in Taiwan. She was known to her master instructor as Mo-Go-Lee, the Chinese interpretation of her name. Her life was as colorful and creative as her works of art. If she wasn't painting, she was sewing, knitting, or beading, donating many of her pieces of work to charity. Always busy, she kept her wry British sense of humor and had a cup of tea every afternoon.Maureen had a very private personal life and her final wishes were to have a private family service and a celebration of her life at a later date.Additional information and condolences available at