Eileen Moore, 98, of Culbertson, died at the Lancaster Manor Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln on Nov. 16, 2012.
Eileen Blanche McNeice Moore was born to Joseph and Rena (Brown) McNeice on Feb. 5, 1914, in Hitchcock County. She married Harvey E. Moore on Jan. 14, 1936, in Norton, Kan.
Eileen graduated from Culbertson High School class of 1931 and from Chaffey Junior College in Ontario, Calif., in 1933.
Eileen was a member of the United Methodist Church in Culbertson. Eileen worked at Senhert’s bakery for 33 years before retiring. She was well known for the cakes she decorated while working at the bakery. Eileen enjoyed sewing for the grandchildren and great grandchildren before becoming legally blind. Eileen had been residing at Lancaster Manor Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln since June 30.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Dale, Winston, Berwyn (Jack) McNeice; sisters, Iris Gummere, Josephine Petersen, Mavis Petersen, and Jesslyn Stubbs; husband, Harvey; son, Darryl, daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rodney (Jeannine) Moore.
She is survived by her son Rodney, of Lincoln; daughter-in-law, Sue Moore, of Imperial; granddaughters, Tamara (Wade) Phillips, of Lincoln; Kelly Jo (Ron) Simmons, on Esterville, Iowa, Kimberly (Terry) Swanson, of Goodlettsviile, Tenn., Courtney Fetters, of Ogallala; Shelia (Paul) Potrzeba, of Northville, Mich.; Camela Moore, of Esterville, Iowa; sister-in-law, Berniece McNeice, of Sun City, Ariz.; 14 great- grandchildren; 12 great-great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She will be missed by family and friends.
In lieu of gifts or flowers, memorials can be sent in her name to the Alzheimer’s Association or Gideons International.