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| Martin standing by the headstone of our great grandfather Henry Moore/More with our cousin Shirley McAndless, 1987. Courtesy Martin Moore |
Published in the Huron Daily Tribune on October 1, 2010:
Martin A Moore, 91, of Bad Axe, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 at Courtney Manor of Bad Axe with his daughter by his side.
He was born Feb. 16, 1919 in Cass City, to the late Phillip and Eva (Martin) Moore.
He was united in marriage to Helen Mae MacLachlan on Nov. 6, 1945 at the Elkton Methodist Parsonage. She preceded him in death May 13, 2010.
He was a graduate of Cass City High School. He also was a member of the Bad Axe First United Methodist Church. Martin farmed near Cass City of many years. He also was employed by Active Industries of Elkton as a production worker until his retirement.
He is survived by, one daughter, Florence Welch and her husband, William, of Attica; one brother, Stanley (Terri) Moore of Bowie, Md.; five nieces, Connie (Chuck) Parker of Charlotte, Ann (Bill) Gotham of Sevierville, Tenn., Joan (Bill) Holda of Dewitt, Cindy Freland of Bowie, Md. and Lisa (Charley) Sandberg of Ellington, Conn.; two nephews, Larry Moore of Alexandria, Va. and Tom Moore of Bowie, Md.; eight grand-nieces, Bethany (Eric) Thomas of Clearwater, Fla., Amanda (James) Brokow of Knoxville, Tenn., Alisha and Lauren Gotham both of Sevierville, Tenn., Lara Sandberg of Ellington, Conn., Alysia and Audrea Freland, both of Bowie, Md. and Sarah Moore of East Lansing; seven grand-nephews, Philip Moore, Portland, Maine, Andy Moore of Alexandria, Va., Kyle Sandberg of Ellington, Conn., Brad Holda of Clarksville, Tenn., Brian (Shana) Holda of Grand Rapids, Jeff (Jennifer) Parker of Okemos and John (Tracie) Parker of Hudsonville; three great-grand-nieces; and two great-grand-nephews. He also is survived by Helen’s two nephews, William (Judy) Britt and Douglas (Connie) Britt all of Cass City; seven great-nieces and nephews; and 15 great-grand-nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his wife, Helen; his parents, Philip and Eva Moore; one brother, Lawrence Moore; one sister, Ina Bissett; two brother-in-laws, Jack Wendell and Glen Bissett; and a sister-in-law, Ellen Moore.
Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday Oct. 2, 2010 at MacAlpine Funeral Home “Mac Chapel” with the Rev. Jean Love, pastor officiating. Burial will take place in Colfax Township Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 until 7 p.m. Friday at MacAlpine Funeral Home “Mac Chapel” in Bad Axe and from 9 a.m. until the time of service Saturday.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Bad Axe.
Goodbye, friend.
It is sad to lose a cousin whatever the number or remove. My condolences to you and to all of Martin's family. I must say though, that I think: "Bad Axe First United Methodist Church" sounds wonderful (I know it is only geography...) and that the convention of listing each (bereaved) relative with the - I really am assuming - spouse's Christian name in parentheses is new to me, and at first made for curious surmisals. In my experience until now, a name in parentheses between a Christian and surname was usually a nickname of the person cited. "Stanley (Terri) Moore" just reminded me of President Obama's mother, who was so curiously christened "Stanley Ann". But as the list wound on...I had to revise my assumptions. Is this a convention you are accustomed to, CeCe?
ReplyDeleteYes, it is. It may be because it is so expensive to publish an obit that it is a way of cutting down on the word count. I think I ended up doing just that on my dad's final published version (for that reason).
ReplyDeleteCeCe
Terri is Stanley's wife. Terri's given and maiden name is Germaine Alcie Rondeau.
ReplyDeleteChuck Parker
Thanks for the additional info, Chuck!
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