Mary Ellen Moore 1937-2016
MOORE, MCMICHAEL, GOUDIE, HEITZMAN, BUREK, THORSTEINSDOTTIR, WELLS
Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 12/6/2016 at 17:26:06
Mary Ellen Moore, 79, of rural Bonaparte, passed away November 10, 2016, at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.
She was born July 28, 1937, in Aurora, IL, the daughter of James Hunter and Edith (McMichael) Goudie. On June 18, 1960, she married Larry Moore at the AuSable Grove Presbyterian Church near Oswego, IL.
Survivors include her husband Larry of Bonaparte, IA, four children: Mary Jo (Keith) Heitzman of Tampa, FL, Jim (Lisa) Moore of Bonaparte, IA, Sharon (Mike) Burek of Winsted, CT, and Doug (Angie) Moore of Donnellson, IA; one AFS daughter, Maggie Thorsteinsdottir of Iceland; seven grandchildren, Paula Heitzman, Kate (Luke) Wells, Jake (Stacy) Moore, Paige Moore, Austin Moore, Caleb Moore and Connor Moore, Maggie's children: Adolf and Auder, one great-grandson: Camron Moore, one stepbrother and one stepsister.
She was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother and stepbrother.
Mary Ellen was a 1955 graduate of West Aurora High School. She graduated from Iowa State College in 1959 with a degree in home economics. She taught for one year at Lost Nation High School. Mary Ellen was a member of the Sharon Presbyterian Church in rural Farmington where she and Kay Vandenberg were the first female elders. She was very active in the church, she sang in the choir, was very active in the Presbyterian Women's Association and she taught Sunday school. Mary Ellen was a member of Chapter O of P.E.O., several bridge groups and sewing clubs. She served on the Van Buren County Board of Review and the election board for several years. She enjoyed her family first and foremost, her church, traveling, needlework, quilting and mowing the yard.
Funeral services were held November 14, 2016, at the Sharon Presbyterian Church in rural Farmington, IA, with the Reverend Doctor Mary Anne Welch officiating.
Burial was at the Sharon Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Schmitz Funeral Home in Donnellson assisted the family with arrangements.
Source: Van Buren County Register, Keosauqua, IA, 17 Nov 2016
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