Dorothy Ann Moore

Dorothy Ann Moore

April 30, 1933 - Nov. 28, 2024

OBERLIN, Kan. - Dorothy Ann Moore, 91, of Oberlin, Kan., passed away early Thanksgiving morning, in hospice care, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, at her daughter’s home in rural McLouth, Kan.

“Sweet” Dorothy was born April 30, 1933, at the family farm, the daughter of Richard F. and Martha K. Friedemann Reith. She rode her horse Girlie to the rural St John Parochial School, was a 1951 graduate of Decatur Community High School, and earned an Associate of Arts certificate to teach school at St John’s College in Winfield.

After graduation, she taught school at Decatur, Ill. Lutheran Parochial School before teaching at Lund Lutheran Parochial School. Dorothy was a homemaker, mother and farm wife for many years, baking (hundreds of) dozens of cinnamon rolls, raising a huge garden, canning, cooking for her family and farm hands.

She married Melvin Moore (div) and to this union there were three children. Dorothy worked at Ward’s Drug and a local clothing store before she served as a baker for ten years at Decatur Community High School until retirement. Dorothy found her true calling when she served 17 years as the manager of the Golden Age Senior Citizen Center in Oberlin. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church and the Ladies Missionary League, also serving as a Sunday School teacher, church board member, volunteer for the church ladies funeral dinner committee and the community Thanksgiving Dinner. She was a member of Alpha Be Khe Sorority and the Custer Depression Ladies Club. Dorothy loved to dance, bowl, play cards and dominos as well as do puzzles. She was an expert “Hand Quilter,” working on hundreds of local families’ cherished pieces, quilts for her family, as well as tie quilts for missions. She enjoyed serving as a volunteer ticket taker for the Decatur County Amusement Authority at the annual county fair, worked several summers for the 4-H Extension Office, attended Rock Spring Ranch Camp and ran the 4-H food booth at the annual Decatur County Fair. Dorothy was an avid antique collector, traveling many miles to find treasures with her friends. Dorothy was a great listener and a friend to many. She would never hesitate to drop whatever she was doing and head to Eastern Kansas to shower love on the kids, grandkids and great grandkids.

Survivors include one daughter, Debra (Mike) Nickels, McLouth, Kan., one son, Brian (Heather) Moore, Henderson, Nev., four grandchildren, Emma Robertson (Lane Goucher), Kansas City, Mo., Justine Moore (Bill Sedlick), Lenexa, Kan., Mark Nickels (Madi Wright), Fort Scott, Kan. and Dylan Moore (Kaitlyn List), Hettinger, SD, and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Melvin “Eric” Moore, daughter-in-law Shelly (Eric) Moore, a sister, Evelyn (Martin) May, brother-in-law, Martin May, a brother, Fred Reith and sister-in-law, Connie (Fred) Reith.

A Memorial Celebration of Life will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Oberlin, Kan. Cremation Care is planned. Inurnment will be at a later date at Oberlin Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials suggested to Sunflower Recreation Center, the Golden Age Center or St John’s Lutheran Church all of Oberlin. Condolences can be left at www.plumergobber.com.