Robert Allen Moore

MOORE, HARMAN

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/10/2014 at 12:25:58

Robert Moore, Once Pilot on River, Dies

Robert Allen Moore 87, of 904 Cody St. , Le Claire, a lifelong resident of that city, died Saturday night in his home. He was ill two years.

Mr. Moore, son of pioneer residents of Le Claire Married Ada Drescher in 1908 in Le Claire. She died in 1962. He was a steamboat pilot and chief engineer until retiring several years ago.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Orville (Hazel) Harman, Elkhorn City, Ky; sons, Allen R. Le Claire, Clark E., Morris, Ill. A sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, Davenport, and a brother, Samuel, Clinton.

Source: Times Democrat, Davenport, Ia., 24 Jan 1965.

*Burial in Glendale Cemetery, Le Claire.