Edna Moore

Edna Moore Edna Moore, 90, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2005, in Crestwood Care Center, Ogden Utah. Funeral Services will be held Monday, February 21, 2005 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 875 Fremont Street, Lander, Wyoming, at 3:00 p.m. Friends may call from 1:00 to 2:45 p.m. Interment will take place Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 10:00 a.m. at Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton. Reverend Scott MacNaughton will officiate. Edna Moore was born October 7, 1914, in Simpson, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, to Herbert Eugene Brown and Dora J. Kobarg. There she grew up with her older brother, Udell, on her parents' ranch. While attending high school she lived with her grandparents in Stuart, Nebraska. Edna taught in rural schools in Nebraska for seven years. She was courted by Glen Moore, son of a neighboring rancher. Edna quit her teaching job and moved to Ventura, California where he was stationed when Pearl Harbor was bombed. They were married May 25, 1942, prior to his deployment to th e Aleutian Islands. Edna worked and lived with her parents in Nampa, Idaho during his the 20 months overseas. Following his separation from the Army, their first son, John, was born, on March 18, 1946 in Nampa. They returned to Nebraska and ranched with his father for the next six years. A daughter, Rose Lee, was born Sept. 4, 1948. In 1953 Glen and Edna moved to a small ranch near Lander, Wyoming. A second son, Frank E., was born in Lander, Oct. 22, 1953. Frank E. was killed in an auto accident, July 18, 1954. Edna sustained knee injuries which were source of discomfort all her life, but particularly in her declining years. Edna worked in a laundry, and as a substitute teacher, before getting a job as a kindergarten teacher in Lander in 1959. She completed her Bachelor's Degree at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska, in 1963. She taught kindergarten for 22 years, retiring in 1981. They sold the ranch in 1969, and moved into Lander. Glen passed away in 1982. Edna was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was actively involved in Christian Women, Delta Kappa Gamma, and a member of the National Education Association. She loved children, gardening, and livestock. Edna was the first Foster Grandparent volunteer at the Lander Child Development Center, where she volunteered from 1988 until her health forced her to retire in February of 2004. She loved working with the children and teachers there. She moved to the Gardens Assisted Living in Ogden, Utah, on Feb. 17, 2004 to be near family. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother, two children, Frank E. and Rose Lee, and three infant grandsons. She is survived by a son, John H (Christine) Moore (Ogden, UT), grandchildren, Nathan (Kris) Moore, (SLC, UT), Catherine (Shelby) Saberon, (SLC, UT), Jenifer (Joel) Atwater, (Ogden, UT), MaryAnn Moore,(SLC, UT), Robert (Mihoko) Hinman, (Chadron, NE), Brian Hinman, (Springfield, SD), three great-grandsons (Max and Simon Saberon, Glen Hinman), three gr eat-granddaughters (Evelynn Moore, Mikaru and Karen Hinman), and a niece, Julia Ann (Bill) Schuneman, Dallas, SD. Memorials should be sent to Lander Christian Academy, in care of Davis Funeral Home, Riverton, Wyoming. The family wishes to express thanks to staff at Gardens Assisted Living, Crestwood Care Center, and IHC Hospice for the loving care extended to Edna during the last year of her life; also to loving friends and relatives for their care and support.