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Ben Moore Obituary
Mr. Moore was the band director for the Herrin Junior High School in Herrin, from 1967 until his retirement in 1980. He formerly taught at Mount Vernon High School from 1959 to 1965 and at Harrisburg Junior High School from 1965 to 1967.
He was of Christian faith, graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a bachelor's degree and was a veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II serving from 1943 to 1946.
Ben was born July 20, 1923, in West Frankfort, to Bert B. and Mabel Katherine (Nangle) Moore.
Ben was united in marriage with Mary Juliaette Webb on April 11, 1947, in West Frankfort. She preceded him in death Dec. 24, 2003.
Surviving are a daughter, Kathryn Wilham of Sequamish, Wash.; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Russ Moore of Energy, Mark and Linda Moore of Champaign; six grandchildren, Alesia Alanso and her husband, Gary of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Amileth LeeAnn Brooks and her husband, Chad of Cobden, Nicholas Morgan Moore and his friend, Scott Stephens of Chicago, Thomas Moore of Champaign, Adrienne Moore of Athens, Ga., and Mary Moore of Champaign; five great-grandchildren, Isaac John Brooks and Abram Xavier Brooks of Cobden, Morgan Alanso, Delaney Alanso and Sawyer Alanso of Manhattan Beach, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; daughter-in-law, Jane Ann Moore and one brother, Bert Moore.
A time of gathering for friends and relatives will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at Meredith-Waddell Funeral Home in Herrin. Private family graveside services will be at Webb Cemetery at Tunnel Hill, with the Rev. Ed Hoke officiating. The preferred form of remembrance is memorial donations made to the Herrin Junior High School Band. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
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Dan Proctor
June 2, 2011
Dear Moore Family,
Gene was a great influence on my life and that of my classmates through Herrin Jr. High Band during the early 1970's. His army stories and jazz clarinet playing are still pleasant memories. He used to have a sign above the chalkboard in the band room that read, "Be reasonable, do it my way"
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