Marion John Moore, 92, Died Friday Morning at the Home of a Son, Rev. I. P. Moore West

Marion John Moore, 92, died Friday morning at the home of a son, Rev. I. P. Moore west of Bunker Hill.

Mr. Moore was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on April 9, 1851, the son of Michael and Mary (Shick) Moore. He was married to Emily Howard on June 1, 1873, at Bremen, Ohio. They lived in various places until they came to Elkhart in 1927 and built a little home a short distance east of the of the son’s home. Mr. Moore made his home in the son’s home since the death of his wife, Dec. 11, 1941.

Surviving him are 7 sons and 2 daughters, and a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The sons are the Rev. I. P. Moore, the Rev. Simon Moore of Mishawaka, the Rev. W. H. Moore of Wakarusa, the Rev. J. I. Moore of Celina, Ohio, the Rev. C. T. Moore of Cleveland, Ohio, Howard Moore of Bluffton and Carl Moore of Bremen, Ind., and the daughters are Mrs. Grace Baker and Mrs. Margaret Chambers of Elkhart. Mrs. Chambers is the wife of the Rev. B. E. Chambers of Castle United Brethren church.

Funeral services were held at the Beulah M. B. C. Church, Monday at 2 p. m. The service were in charge of Rev. W. E. Manges and the Rev. H. E. Miller. Burial in the Prairie Street cemetery.

4-8-1943