nd moved to rural Geneva in 1941, graduating from Geneva High School in 1943. Awaiting the draft, he worked for the DHIA in Butler and Bremer counties, staying with the dairy farmers for the balance of 1943. On January 1, 1944, having attained the age of 18, he was drafted into the United States Army as an infantryman, serving in the Third Army in Europe. He was home on leave when Japan surrendered in 1945. He then served in easier assignments stateside in Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City. After an Honorable discharge, he took advantage of the GI Bill and graduated from Upper Iowa College in 1950. In 1967 Bill obtained his Masters degree from Drake University. He began his teaching career in Swaledale where he met the love of his life, Mary Chambers. They were married June 30, 1951 at Sacred Heart Church in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. They spent 64 wonderful years together. He continued his teaching career teaching English, Drama, and Speech in Gilmore City, Perry, Des Moines, as well as Roosevelt Junior High and Mason City High School in Mason City. He retired in 1987 after 37 years on the job. Upon retirement, Bill took up volunteer work spending seven years with Hospice of North Iowa and thirty years each with the Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank, including service on the Board of Directors, and in the Mercy surgery waiting room. In his spare time he enjoyed reading, doing crossword puzzles, and eating pie. Bill was a very social person and put that trait to work in his volunteer work as well as his time living at Kentucky Ridge and Good Shepherd.
Left to cherish his memory are his sons, Michael (Suzanne) Moore of Albert Lea and John (Alexis) Moore of Mason City; granddaughter Anne (Robert) Long; great-granddaughers Evelyn, Kara, and Harper Long; granddaughter-in-law Jessica Moore; brother Larry (Janis) Moore; sisters-in-law Lisa Moore, Carol Chambers, Ann Chambers, and Suzanne Chambers; as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family members.
Bill is preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Mary, one son Joseph Edward, his parents William and Hanna Jane, his siblings Dorothy Trafford, Richard, Eldon, and Jerry Moore, and his grandson Ryan Michael Moore.
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