Moore, Ethel (Helphrey) 1898-1951

HELPHREY, MOORE, STECH

Posted By: Dee Helphrey Stamper (email)
Date: 2/6/2005 at 22:42:29

Funeral services for Mrs. William Allen Moore, 53, Newton woman who died at her home yesterday following a lingering illness, will be held Friday afternoon at two o’clock at Johnson-Murdock Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. F.D. Boldt, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, and burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery near Metz.

Mrs. Moore was born Ethel Nadine Helphrey to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Helphrey on July 17, 1898, on a farm near Metz. She attended Jasper county schools and a business college in Des Moines. She was married on Dec. 26, 1919 to William Allen Moore. The couple lived at 306 South Third avenue East at the time of Mrs. Moore’s death.

Survivors are her husband, one son, Francis R. Moore, and two daughter, Mrs. Bernard Stech and Miss Darlene Moore, and three grandchildren, all of Newton. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.

Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa
July 26, 1951