Roland M. Moore (1897 - 1953)

Born 10 Mar 1897 in Layette Township. Ogle County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Died 17 Mar 1953 at age 56 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA

Biography

According to his obituary, Roland Moore was born in Lafayette Township, Ogle County, Illinois, on March 10, 1897. He was the son of L. T. and Frances Moats Moore. Long a grocer in Ashton, he spent winters in the Southwest due to a heart condition. He died, aged 56, at the Memorial Hospital in Phoenix. He was survived by his widow, the former Delia Butler, with whom he had a son, Clifton, who was serving as a marine. Also surviving Roland was a brother, Paul, living in Rockford. His sister, Mrs. Orva Craft, lived in Rochelle, Illinois.

Roland had been a veteran of WWI. He was a member of the Ashton Civic Club, Eastern Star, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rockford Tebala Shrine, and the local A.F. and A. M.

Sources

• ROCKFORD MORNING STAR, Wed., March 18, 1953, p. 10A, RONALD M. MOORE

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