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Margaret L. ‘Marge’ Moore

Margaret L. “Marge” Moore, 95, La Crosse, Kansas, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015, at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend, Kansas.

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Mrs. Moore was born July 23, 1920, in Hays, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph J. and Mary A. (Schukman) Walters. She was a lifelong Rush County, Kansas, resident. She was a cook in the food service industry.

She was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church, St. Michael’s Social Commission, Past President of St. Michael’s Altar Society, VFW #3147 Auxiliary member, a former pack leader of the Cub Scouts, and also assisted with 4-H, all of La Crosse, Kansas. She was also a member of the Daughters of Isabella, Hays, Kansas.

On June 17, 1941, she married Warren E. Moore at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Hays, Kansas. He preceded her in death November 12, 2007.

Survivors include: one son, Richard Moore (Agnese), Mesa, Arizona; four daughters, Vickie Barr, Hoyt, Kansas, Mary Beth Higgins (Robert), Hoisington, Kansas, Terri Gray, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Shari Johnson (Greg) Topeka, Kansas; foster daughter, Lisa Jacobs (Randy), Scott City, Kansas; 13 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; one brother, Wally W. (Dollie) Walters, Palm City, Florida; two sisters, Evelyn Joy, Portland, Oregon, and Charlene Weigel, Salina, Kansas; and one sister in law, Kathy Walters, Hutchinson, Kansas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one granddaughter, Jenny Moore; one son in law, Larry Barr; one brother, Joseph J. Walters; six sisters, Florence Schmidt, Lucille Urban, Mildred Harmon, Ruth Harmon, Vernetta “Betty” Schmeidler, and Clara Mae Walters.

Visitation will be Friday, August 21, 2015, from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Janousek Funeral Home, La Crosse, Kansas, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. A vigil service and rosary will be at 7:00 P.M. Church visitation will be Saturday, August 22, 2015, from 9:00 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, Kansas.

Funeral service will be Saturday, August 22, 2015, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, Kansas, with Father Matthew Kumi officiating. Interment will be in the La Crosse City Cemetery, La Crosse, Kansas.

Memorials are suggested to St. Michael’s Catholic Church, La Crosse, Kansas, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, or Knights of Columbus Christian Refugee Relief Fund.

Condolences or remembrances may be left for the family HERE.

Arrangements were by Janousek Funeral Home, 719 Pine, P O Box 550, La Crosse, Kansas 67548, 785/222-2517

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