Moore, Mrs. Malvina 1836-1922

MOORE, HARLOW

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 2/24/2005 at 21:30:43

From the LeMars Sentinel, Friday, June 2, 1922, Page 1, Column 5:
PIONEER WOMAN DIES
MRS. MALVINA MOORE HAD ATTAINED A GREAT AGE
WAS RESIDENT IN COUNTY MANY YEARS
Was Born in Michigan Eighty-five Years Ago
Where She Was Married to Reuben Moore.
Is Survived by Five Sons and Two Daughters

Mrs. Malvina Moore, a resident of Plymouth county for the past thirty years, died on Wednesday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Hinde near Seney, at the age of eighty-five years. Death was due to general debility hastened by dropsy and other complications. For the past year she had been a great sufferer and death came as a release.

Malvina Harlow, was born near Coldwater, Michigan, on September 26, 1836, and grew to womanhood in her native place. She was united in marriage with Reuben Moore in Lake county, Illinois, where, following their marriage, they lived for several years and then came to Iowa.

Mrs. Moore is survived by five sons and two daughters, who are, Milton Moore, of LeMars; Ira Moore, Tacoma, Wash.; Will Moore, Haxtun, Colo.; Clarence Moore, Seney; (error in typeset on original page--line skipped, not all children named); Mrs. J. R. Hinde, Seney; Mrs. G. S. Dempster, Springfield, S. D. (Note--One more son, Lee Moore.)

Mrs. Moore was a devoted wife and mother and one of the pioneer women of the west, who unobtrusively and with practical ideas of the duties of a home maker, helped materially in the building up of a new country and a new community. She was among the many, unsung and unacclaimed, except by immediate associates, knowing her worth, who helped to build up the middle west one of the mainstays of the commonwealth.

The funeral will be held at the J. R. Hinde home this afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. S. J. Wallace of Seney and Rev. A. C. Macgagney, of LeMars officiating.