MOORE, W.M., July 19, 1932

COOPER, FISHER, WATTS, MCNAUGHTON, PURCELL, HOOVER, ALLEN, WADSWORTH, FULLER, GLUGEY, MOORE

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The Malvern Leader, July 28, 1932

Moore; W.M. 1932

W.M. Moore, for more than a half century a resident of Mills County, former teacher and county superintendent, and later county auditor, died at his home in Pacific Junction last Tuesday, July 19, after a brief illness. He was taken sick Saturday preceding and grew gradually worse until the end came.
Mr. Moore was probably one of the best known men in Mills county. He was for many years a successful teacher, coming first to the schools in Hastings, then to Malvern, then to the county superintendency. After a few years in school work in David City Nebr., and Rising City, Nebr., he returned to Mills county to the Pacific Junction schools and again was elected to county superintendent of Mills county.
Later he again entered the services of the county, this time as county auditor, which office he filled with remarkable efficiency for three terms. Few men have served the county better or longer.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist church in Pacific Junction conducted by the pastor, Rev. C.W. Cooper, who gave a warm tribute to the character and influence of the deceased and his great community spirit and helpfulness.
Following Mr. Moore's wishes there were no flowers, but a single sheaf of ripened grain lay upon the casket exemplifying the completed life of the deceased.
The members of the I.O.O.F. of which Mr. Moore had been a life long member, attended the services in a body and formed a guard of honor at the church and at the cemetery where the beautiful burial service of the order was given under the direction of Walter Fisher and Allan Watts. Nearly one hundred members of the order from Pacific Junction, Glenwood, Silver City, Hastings, Malvern, and other places in attendance.
Interment was in the Glenwood cemetery. As the casket was lowered to the grave, Rev. C. W, Cooper read Tennyson's beautiful poem, "Crossing the Bar."
The following obituary was given:
He was born in New Petersburg, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1852, the third child of a family of twelve, all preceding him in death but three.
At the age of six years he came west with his grandparents and settled on a farm at Clarinda on the same site where the state institution now stands.
Here he spent his boyhood days, his early education being received in the rural schools on Page county.
At the age of seventeen years he commenced his life work as teacher and public instructor. This work was his whole ambition, putting his whole strength in his work.
He taught in the public schools of Villisca, Alton, Ill., Hastings, Malvern, David City, Nebr., Rising City, Nebr., Pacific city, Pacific Junction, and Glenwood.
During his school career he served as county superintendent of schools for eleven years. Thus he launched himself upon his career as a teacher and public instructor which from his boyhood days had been his ambition.
At the age of sixty years he retired from his beloved work, not to lead a retired life, for in a few months we find him in public life again serving the county as deputy auditor and then auditor.
He was married to Miss Rubena McNaughton on Sept. 4, 1879, and his death is the first break in these fifty-two years of married life.
He belonged to the fraternal organization of I.O.O.F. in Pacific Junction and to the Western Star Encampment at Glenwood.
He joined the I.O.O.F. in Villisca in 1874 and for fifty-eight years he has given his strength, energy, time, and devotion to his beloved order. He served as secretary of his home lodge for twenty-eight years.
Being unwilling to give up his daily tasks he was stricken Saturday, July 16, and his last illness was of short duration.
Mr. Moore was a kind, genial man, blessed with a sense of humor, a marvelous memory, and a gifted speaker.
His one ambition was to live to reach his eightieth milestone which would have been the 24th of August.
He is survived by his widow; six children- Marion of Belle Fourche, S.D., Mrs. Mabel Purcell of Woodbine, Mrs. Marguerite Hoover of Artesia, N.M., Mrs. Charles Allen, Marvin, and Morris of Pacific Junction; six grandchildren, and three sisters- Mrs. B.S. Wadsworth of Connell, Wash., Mrs. Della Fuller of Granby, Mo., and Mrs. Gussie Glugey of Clarinda. Thus closes the earthly life of one of nature's noblemen.

The End Of The Trail
If I live a life that is clean and square
And aid my fellow man
By lending a hand to help him bear
His burdens the best I can
I need not fear what it's close may be
Nor how critics my life shall assail,
Nor what the future holds out for me
When I reach the end of the trail.

I speak a word of good cheer to one
Whose sorrows have broken him down,
And thus give him hope to struggle on
With a smile instead of a frown.
I shall not fear when the shadows fall
And my earthly strength shall fail;
I'll trust in Him, who redeemed us all,
When I reach the end of the trail.

If a part of my life I freely give
To help those who faint by the way,
Or even pure water, so thirsty ones live
Not thinking what will be my pay,
Whether I live in a house by the side of the road,
By mountain, by river, by vale,
I'm willing to reap the seed that I've sowed,
When I reach the end of the trail.

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