Obituary of LaVerne Moore

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From the Freeport (IL) Journal-Standard, Wednesday, October 2, 1996, page 4:

Rowena Ferguson

    DURAND - Rowena G. "Ma Moore" Moore Ferguson, 80, of Durand, 1982 Citizen of the Year in Durand, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 1, 1996, at SwedishAmerican Hospital after a lengthy illness.
    Daughter of Arthur and Marian (Ray) Barker, she was born Aug. 4, 1916, in Harlem Township, and graduated from Durand schools. She and LaVerne Moore were married March 15, 1933, in Durand. He died July 21, 1981. On May 14, 1988, she and Clark Ferguson were married in Lena.
    Through the years her employment included Structo in Freeport, Owens Inc. in Rockford, Goodwill Industries in Freeport, private duty nursing assistant at Medina Nursing Center in Durand, and the Durand Post Office.
    She had owned and operated Hilltop Cafe, and worked at other restaurants in Durand.
    For 20 years she was a radio operator for the Durand Volunteer Fire Department.
    She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern Star, Durand, and many of its affiliated organizations.
    Survivors include her husband; and eight sons, Robert (Sharon) Moore of Durand, Stephen (Maxine) Moore of Davis, Donald (Donna) Moore of Machesney Park, William (Charlotte) Moore of Elk Grove Village, Russell (Cyndi) and Kenneth (Janet) Moore, both of Durand, Harold Moore of Lebanon, Tenn., and David Moore of Dallas, Texas.
    Survivors also include four daughters, Nancy Bryan of Mendota, Harriet (Gerald) Schultz of Belvidere, Joanne (Phillip) Brooks of Rockford, and Sharon (Wallace) Armistead of Lebanon; 50 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; two step-children; five step-grandchildren; and 13 step-great-grandchildren.
    Preceding her in death were three daughters, Marian Gratton in 1988, Linda Knoll in 1962, and Shirley Barnum in 1985, two grandsons, Joseph Neidermeier in 1988 and Michael Moore in 1969, and one step-grandson.
    Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at the Durand Grange Hall with the Rev. Darrell English of Trinity United Methodist Church, Mount Prospect, officiating. Burial will be in Durand Cemetery.
    Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at McCorkle Ltd. Funeral Home, Durand, where an Eastern Star service will be conducted at 8:30 p.m.

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