Joseph Cleveland Moats (1884-1967)

MOATS, PALMER, ROYER, JOHNSON

Posted By: jane austin (email)
Date: 11/11/2021 at 01:50:58

Joseph Moats Dies Monday

Funeral for Joseph Cleveland Moats, 83, of Spencer has been tentatively set for Thursday from Warner Chapel in Spencer. Rev. David Barnes will officiate. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery at Peterson. He died Monday night at Spencer Municipal Hospital.

Mr. Moats was born November 4, 1884 to Mr. and Mrs. Frisby Moats at Fairplay, Maryland. He married Lula Royer September 16, 1906, at Aurelia Iowa. Mrs. Moats preceded him in death August 26, 1958.

Mr. Moats farmed until his retirement in 1935 when he moved to Spencer.

He is survived by three sons, Alva, Paullina; Leslie, Primghar, and Laurence, of Spencer. A daughter, Miss Elizabeth Moats of Fremont, Nebraska; a sister, Mrs. Mina Johnson of rural Spencer; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

A brother also preceded him in death.

Friends may call at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer after 4 pm Tuesday. Mr. Moats was the father of the former chief of police of Spencer, Laurence Moats.

Peterson (Iowa) Patriot, Dec 1967

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