Deloris Ruth (Kennedy) MOON OXLEY

MOON, OXLEY, SCHMIDT, KENNEDY, SEGAR, JACKSON, WITTE, EWING, FOSTER, BAGNARD, KINNICK, SCOTT, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/4/2010 at 10:58:35

Deloris Moon Oxley

Visitation:
Friday, April 16, 2010
4:00 PM until 7:00 PM
Corwith Community Center
Corwith, IA 50430

Visitation:
Saturday, April 17, 2010
1:00 PM until 2:00 PM
United Methodist Church
214 Clinton Street
Corwith, IA 50430

Service:
Saturday, April 17, 2010
2:00 PM
United Methodist Church
214 Clinton Street
Corwith, IA 50430

Interment: Corwith Cemetery Corwith, Iowa

Deloris Ruth Moon Oxley was born on August 13, 1922, near Galt, Iowa, to William Cloyd and Edith Schmidt Kennedy. She graduated from the Clarion High School in 1942. She then attended Normal Training at Cedar Falls, Iowa. After her schooling, Deloris worked as a telephone operator for 2 years in Chicago, Illinois. She was married to Herbert Moon on October 25, 1947 at Clarion, Iowa. The couple lived in several towns in north central Iowa, where Deloris raised her family. During this time she worked as a caregiver in Eagle Grove and also as a nurses’ aid in the nursery at the Britt Hospital for 8 years. Deloris was a member of the Corwith United Methodist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Britt Hospital Auxiliary. She also taught Sunday School and Bible School. While living in Corwith, Deloris did wallpapering, painting and sewing for area people. She and Herb also operated a floor cleaning business and mowed the cemetery and the city park. Her husband, Herbert preceded her in death on June 23, 1985. Deloris enjoyed sewing, crafts, gardening, flowers and remodeling her home. She was always able to give a helping hand to people in need.

Deloris was married to Lafayette V. Oxley, Jr. on January 29, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple lived in Corwith, Iowa. Lafe preceded her in death on May 2, 2007. Deloris died on Wednesday April 14, 2010, at the Crestview Manor in Webster City, Iowa. She was 87.

Surviving are her children, Howard Moon and wife, Marcia, Kamrar, Iowa, Muriel Segar, Tucson, Arizona, William Moon, Corwith, Iowa, LuAnn Jackson and husband, Dennis, Webster City, Iowa, Anita Witte and husband, Dennis, Webster City, Iowa, Jean Ewing and husband Bruce, Webster City, Iowa and Janet Moon, Corwith, Iowa. Also surviving are 32 grandchildren, 52 great grandchildren, 1 great-great grandson and 3 sisters, Dorothy Foster, East Moline, Illinois, Iris Mae Bagnard, St. Peters, Missouri and Zola Kinnick and husband, David, Footville, Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands Herbert Moon and Lafayette Oxley, Jr., brothers, Ronald and James Kennedy and sisters, Shirley Scott and Ramona Williams.

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