Funeral service for Gordon Franklin Alder, 80, Oklahoma City, will be at 2:00 pm Thursday in the Becker Funeral Home of Snyder Chapel, with Rev. Patrick McPherson, Pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Snyder officiating. Mr. Alder died Monday in Oklahoma City. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder under the direction of Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Snyder. He was born December 10, 1930 in South Pittsburg, TN to Mitchell and Florence (January) Alder. He worked for various Heavy Equipment construction firms, building roads and highways. He worked for Wynn Construction, C.P.I., and Sewell Brothers to name a few. He operated heavy equipment for over sixty years. He lived in the Cache and Snyder areas for over twenty years. He married Fern Grooms in Lawton, OK on August 3, 1993. Survivors include his wife Fern of the home, daughter Darla Watterson and husband Ken of Sacramento, CA, grandchildren Sara Dunegan and Ryan Dunegan of Sacramento, CA, great grandchildren Damon Doane and Dylan Doane, brother Richard Alder and wife Elizabeth of Jasper, TN, step-daughter Macey Dobbs of OKC, OK, step-son Jimmy Lee Manley of Muskogee, OK, step-grandchildren Amanda Dobbs, Naomi Dobbs, Troy Dobbs and Ricky Holt, step-great grandson Isaiah Dobbs, sister-in-law Patricia Tom of OKC, OK, nephews Randy Anderson and wife Karen of Hobart, OK, Tyler Goodin of OKC, OK, and nieces Debbie Goodin and Stormy Goodin both of OKC, OK. He is also survived by numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother W.C. Alder.