Cora “Lois” Moberly, 78, of Milton-Freewater and a Haines native, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, in Walla-Walla, Wash.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. in the chapel of the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. Private burial will be in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Association, or to the Diabetes Association through the funeral home.
Lois was born Dec. 15, 1926, in Haines to LeRoy and Lela Cross Speelman. She received her schooling in Haines, North Powder and Baker City. She married Joseph D. Moberly on Sept. 30, 1946, in Baker City. They lived in Baker City; Waitsburg, Wash.; and Independence for the most part of their marriage.
She was a cook and waitress at various restaurants in those areas. For a time they were property managers for various apartment complexes in the Tri-Cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Moberly moved to Milton-Freewater in 1980 to help care for her mother. After the death of her husband in 1983, she lived in Pasco for a time with her son. She came back to Milton-Freewater in 1990 and lived with her sister, Marjorie McAlliser and later moved to Fran’s Place in 2004.
The most important thing in her life was her family. All the family dinners were at her house for many years. They had several foster children, and were very active in the Waitsburg Southern Baptist Church. She and her sister loved to play bingo and did so regularly until ill health made it impossible.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Claudia and Tom Allen of Milton-Freewater; sons and daughters-in-law, Steve and Joy Moberly of Pasco, Wash., Doug and Susan Moberly of Rainier, and Dan and Colleen Moberly of Milton-Freewater; foster son and his wife, Tom and Nadine Bowling of Penrin, Calif.; sister, Marjorie McAllister of Milton-Freewater; and sister-in-law and husband, Peggy and Charles Hill of Dallas. Also surviving are 19 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Claude Speelman, and sister, Jewell Wright.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, November 25,2005
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor