Ronald W. Moses (1919-2008)
MOSES, LABARR, ORCUTT, KNOX, CAFFERTY
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 6/19/2008 at 20:33:05
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, June 19, 2008.
Ronald Moses, 88, of Ames, died Thursday, June 19, at Israel Family Hospice House. Arrangements are pending with Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, June 20, 2008.
Ronald W. Moses, 88, of Ames, died Thursday, June 19, at Israel Family Hospice House.
Ronald W. Moses was born July 20, 1919, to Scott and Margaret Moses, of rural Ames. He attended North Grant Consolidated School and Ames High School, graduating in 1937. He majored in poultry husbandry at Iowa State College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1942. At ISC, he met Lois Mae LaBarr, of rural Clarion, and they were married on Dec. 26, 1940. Throughout college, he continued to work on the family farm east of Ames, building up a large-for-the-time turkey raising operation. The family grew as well with the arrivals of Ron, Jr., Brad and Marsha. By the early 1950s, it was clear small farms soon would be economically unsustainable, and Ron gradually entered the urban work force. When the National Animal Disease Laboratory opened east of Ames, he took a management position there, where he worked for a decade. In 1970, he joined the Veterinary College at ISU where he worked for the next 15 years to retirement.
Along the way, he and Lois shared their love of education and ISU with their children, instilling an enthusiasm that would carry all three of them to higher degrees and on to careers in science and medicine. How we remember the trips to the Veishea parade, open houses, green houses, gardens and homecoming. They made the university a friendly place where we wanted to be. Life at the dinner table and visits with family and friends were stimulating, with discussions of science, space, art and politics; sometimes lasting way into the night. We never will forget Dad's stunned silence the night Sputnik was launched, having realized the world never would be the same.
Early life on a small farm was a bit Spartan at times, but Ron and Lois' zest for new things took us on wonderful family vacations to more and more distant points. They developed a love for Yellowstone and the Poudre River Canyon in Colorado, returning many times to a favorite resort on the river.
Ron and Lois were active in First United Methodist Church, of Ames. He was a charter member of Ames' Golden K Kiwanis club, as well as Toastmasters. He was a 4-H leader and belonged to other civic and professional organizations.
He is survived by two sons, Ron Moses Jr. and his wife, Jean, of Los Alamos, N.M., and Bradley Moses and his wife, Nancy, of Hanover, Mass.; one daughter, Marsha Orcutt and her husband, Larry, of Middletown, Ohio; and three grandsons, Matt Moses and his wife, Erin Knox, and great-granddaughter, Shannon, of Baltimore, Md., Peter Moses, of Fort Collins, Colo., and Scott Moses, of Iowa City.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lois in 1992; one brother, Gerry Moses; and one sister, Miriam Cafferty.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Adams Funeral Home, 502 Douglas Ave. in Ames. A private graveside ceremony is planned for Sunday to be followed by a public memorial service at a later date at First United Methodist Church of Ames.
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