Moore, William Allen 1894-1977

MOORE, HELPHREY, STECH, MARTINEZ, KENNEDY

Posted By: Dee Helphrey Stamper (email)
Date: 2/6/2005 at 22:46:03

William Allen Moore, 82, of 306 S. 3rd Ave. E., a resident of Newton since 1926 and former Jasper County farmer, died Sunday afternoon at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Johnson-Reece Chapel. The Rev. Richard Bentzinger, pastor of the United Methodist Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery at Metz. Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society will be accepted. Friends may call at the Johnson-Reece Chapel after 10 o’clock Tuesday morning.

Survivors are his wife, Alta; a son, Francis of Newton; two daughters, Mrs. Bernard (Mozelle) Stech of Hampton and Mrs. John (Darlene) Martinez of San Francisco, Calif.; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Dora Kennedy of Newton. He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Ethel Helphrey, in 1951, two sisters and five brothers.

Mr. Moore was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Methodist Retired Men’s Group, Veterans of World War I, World War I Barracks No. 1503, Old Timers Shuffleboard Club and was a member of the Palo Alto Grange for more than 50 years. An employee of the Maytag Co for 17 years, he retired in 1959.

The son of William and Augusta Moore, he was born Oct. 3, 1894 in Colfax and was educated in Colfax schools.
He was married to Ethel Helphrey in 1920 in Newton and to Alta Helphrey Sept 5, 1953 in Newton.

Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa
July 18, 1977