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Frederick Alan Bordman
November 25th, 1936 - December 1st, 2019. Fred Bordman passed away on Sunday December 1st in Surprise Arizona at the age of 83. Fred was born in Kansas City. His parents were Leo Bordman and Ruth Kessler Bordman of Kansas City and had one sister, Charlotte Glaoob, of Oklahoma City. Fred went to Southwest High School and then to the University of Oklahoma where he obtain his bachelor's degree. He also served as a reservist in the US air force for a short time. Fred married Kathryn Cohen in October of 1966. In July 1970 Fred and Kathie adopted their only child Jeff where they lived in the Round Hill area of Overland park for several years before moving to Town and Country Estates in Prairie Village, Kansas. Fred's career was in Commercial real-estate and was a SIOR member (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors). He went into commercial real-estate working as a partner in Bordman-Hutchings and later at Karbank Real Estate Company. Karbank said of Fred's skills that " Fred Bordman amazes all of us with his uncanny ability to make deals that seem impossible. He is a magician, and a darn good one." After his long career in real-estate he and Kathie in the early 2000's decided to move to Sun CIty West Arizona to spend their retirement.

While living in Kansas City, Fred always enjoyed and looked forward to Wednesday poker night with his friends. Some of the regular players, Paul Gershon, Norman Berk, Saul Ellis, Marshall Talbot, Stan Bernstein, Herb Sorkin and Lou Bordman, would change houses every time for who would host the poker games. I, Jeff his son, remember those nights as a kid when they were hosted at our house. It was always a special night for me as well although I suspect I got in the way more than anything else. The poker group still plays a game that Fred taught them several years ago that they call "Freddie". I hope this continues for many years to come.

For myself, I remember his whistling. He had this special whistling he would make when he wanted to find me. No matter where, if it was at K-mart back in the day or at the grocery store when I was a kid and would wonder off, he would make his unique whistling sound that I could always recognize and I would respond with the same whistling to let him know where I was. It was kind of like a game of Marco polo until we could find each other.

I also remember it was my father who got me interested in racquetball when I was young. He would take me to play at a place that is long gone that was near 84th terrace and Nall. We would sometimes go get ice cream across the street at the long gone Zarda ice cream afterwards. I still play today because of those experiences with him.

Fred was also an avid fan of skiing. I very fondly remember going on family skiing vacations to Steamboat springs in Colorado where we would often met up with the Galoobs when we were there. I remember one winter in particular when we got caught in a blizzard driving to Colorado and it took us twice as long to arrive at our destination.

Fred liked baseball games at royals stadium and even enjoyed spring training after he retired to Arizona where Royals spring training camp was held. Later in life while enjoying retirement he played golf for many years and enjoyed his chair in the living room where he would watch Seinfeld and any baseball game that was on that night.

Everything one touches and sees is all that person will ever be. Once they are gone they live on in the memories of the people who were a part of his experiences. I ask that Fred lives on by you thinking about him every once in a while. Share your experiences with him with other people. I know they are all good things, it was Fred. When you do, he is alive for that brief moment.
Any donations should be made to the Michael J Fox foundation in memory of Fred

Fred was cremated at Regency Mortuary on December 3rd where his son, Jeff, took possession of his remains. Please share any pictures or stories of Fred with me at fbordman @ gmail .com. Thank you. Jeff.