Mary (Harper) Moore (1956)
ARTHOFER, BAUER, HARPER, KIRK, MOORE, WRIGHT
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/9/2006 at 18:08:43
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 11, 1956LAST RITES HELD FOR MARY MOORE
Last rites were conducted Saturday morning, July 7 from St. Joseph's Catholic church in Winterset for Mrs. Ira Moore, a long time resident of Madison county.
Mrs. Moore died July 5th at Horton's Nursing home north of Winterset. She was 86 years of age.
The daughter of Wheatley and Mary Bauer Harper, she was born on a farm seven miles south of Winterset on May 15, 1870. Her parents were pioneer settlers in this county.
In 1911, she married Ira Moore and they lived on the Harper farm until retiring and moving to Winterset in 1938. Mr. Moore died in 1939.
Mrs. Moore is survived by one brother, T. A. Harper of Winterset. She is also survived by three adopted children, raised in the Moore home: Martha Kirk of El Cajon, Calif.; Donna Arthofer of Dubuque; and Mamie Wright of Winterset.
Officiating at the services last Saturday morning was the Rev. Fr. John J. Higgins. Burial was in the Winterset cemetery.
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