In Loving Memory
Dorothy B. Moore
December 30, 1918 - June 14, 2019

VISITATION
Thursday, June 20, 2019
5:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Martin-Mattice Funeral Home
Ruthven, Iowa

SERVICE
Friday, June 21, 2019
10:30 A.M.
First United Methodist Church
Ruthven, Iowa

CLERGY
Rev. Kris Hackbart

INTERMENT
Crown Hill Cemetery
Ruthven, Iowa

Dorothy Barbara (Umbrell) Moore, 100, passed away on June 14, 2019. Dorothy was the daughter of Doc and Annie (Rouse) Umbrell. She was born on December 30, 1918 on the family farm near Silver Lake, west of Ayrshire.

Dorothy graduated from Ayrshire High School in 1936. She played basketball all four years of school and this year she was honored by the Iowa State Girls Basketball Association as one of the oldest players in Iowa.

Dorothy married Ken Moore on April 30, 1948. On April 12, 1954, Ken and Dorothy adopted their two sons, Michael and Harold. Michael recently passed away in Phoenix. Michael has a daughter, Melissa, and a son, Jon (deceased) and several grandchildren. Harold lives with his wife, Wanda (Wichman) in Colorado Springs. Their daughter, Kristin, and her husband, Michael Waldrop, and their two sons, Lucas and Blake, also live in Colorado Springs.

Dorothy was a devoted member of the Ruthven United Methodist Church, was active in church circles, and the United Methodist Women. She was also a very active volunteer at the Ruthven Community Care Center, the Ruthven American Legion Auxiliary, and the Crown Hill Cemetery Association. Dorothy and Ken enjoyed going to Arizona during the winter and camping in Iowa during the summer. Dorothy also enjoyed fishing and gardening, both vegetables and flowers. Her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, her nieces and nephews, and their children.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, Ken; her son, Michael, and one grandson, Jon. She is also preceded by her parents, three brothers, Archie and his wife, Myrtle; Cloyd and his wife, LaVonne, and his wife, Ethel; and Lindy and his wife Violet. Also, three sisters, Eleanor and her husband Floyd Peterson; Marie and her husband Cecil King; and Gail and her husband Thorvald Jacobsen. Dorothy is also preceded in death by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Miles and Caroline Moore and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Eugene and Susie Moore.

Dorothy is survived by her son, Harold and wife, Wanda of Colorado Springs; granddaughter, Kristin and her husband Michael Waldrop and two great-grandsons, Lucas and Blake Waldrop, of Colorado Springs. And one granddaughter, Melissa. Dorothy is also survived by many beloved nieces, nephews, cousins, other family members and friends.

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home