Delores A. Moore

Delores A. Moore, age 88, of Bartley, passed on to her heavenly home at Tri Valley Health System on Monday, August 14, 2023.

She was surrounded by her family. Delores was born in Farwell on January 21, 1935 to Henry and Helen (Pavlik) Horky. The family moved to St. Paul when Delores was in the fifth grade. She graduated from St. Paul High School in 1952. Delores was employed at Dillard’s Drug Store while she was in school.

Delores was blessed with four children: Jeanne, Don, Carol and Carla. The family was extremely blessed in January 1964, when Eldon Moore and his three children, Kathy, Bill, and Mike entered their lives. On July 26, 1964, the couple said, “I Do.” Eldon and Delores moved the family to a farm north of Bartley, where they made their home until they retired. Eldon and Delores then moved to Bartley on August 18, 1995.

Delores was a member and Treasurer of the Bartley Christian Church. She always raised a large garden and canned most of the harvested crops. She belonged to the Merry Homemaker Extension Club and played cards with the Shuffle Maids. Delores and Eldon bought a camper and traveled with the Good Sam’s Club. They spent several winters in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Eldon; father, Henry, and mother, Helen Horky-Schenck and husband, Dan Schenck; daughter, Kathy; grandson, Brady Koch; brothers- in-law, Clarence Paugh, Jr., Roy Hart, Jr., and wife, Norma Hart.

Delores is survived by her three daughters, Jeanne Moore of Bartley, Carol (Bob) Chalupa of Bartley, and Carla (Brian) Malleck of Indianola; three sons, Don (Vonnie) Moore of McCook, Bill (Trisha) Moore of Bartley, and Mike (Brenda) Moore of Lexington; seventeen grandchildren; twenty- four great-grandchildren; brother, Duane (Zara) Horky of Bonnie Lake, Washington; and sister, Gloria Paugh of Rushville, Idaho.

Funeral services were held on Friday, August 18, 2023 at the McCook Christian Church. Reverend Tim Burke officiated.

The burial was in the Bartley Cemetery. Memorials may be left in Delores’ name to either the American Legion Hall of Bartley or the Methodist Church of Bartley. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel.