Individual Details

Ralph J Moore

(18 Oct 1896 - 9 Jul 1978)

Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, Monday, July 10, 1978, Page 8, Cols. 3-5: Ralph J. Moore, 82, of 114 S. Van Buren died at 12:25 p.m. July 9 at Ottumwa Hospital. He was born Oct. 18, 1896 in Bussey to Charles and Abigail Stone Moore. He was a former Wapello County farmer and later retired from John Morrell and Co. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He married Susie Wolfe, Dec. 10, 1918, in Unionville, Mo She died in 1956. He married Leora McElroy on Dec. 1, 1960, in Ottumwa. Survivors are his wife, a stepson Bill McElroy, of Ottumwa; step daughters, Vera Erickson of Pharr, Texas, Marjorie Myers of Ottumwa, Kathryn Whitaker of Fairfield, Betty Speyrer of LaFayette, La., and Carolyn Furlong of Coral Gables, Fla.; and 18 step grandchildren and 12 step great-grandchildren. Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Chapel, the Rev. John McElroy of Sigourney United Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial: Ottumwa Cemetery. The casket will be closed at the beginning of the service. Memorial: to Gideons International in care of the funeral chapel.

Events

Birth18 Oct 1896Bussey, Marion Co., Iowa
Marriage30 Dec 1918Unionville, Putnam Co., Missouri - Susie Caroline Wolfe
Death9 Jul 1978Ottumwa, Wapello Co., Iowa
BurialOttumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseSusie Caroline Wolfe (1894 - 1956)

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