Edna Moore

Edna Marie Moore, 91, recently of Lenexa, Kansas, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022.

Edna was born in Rulo, Nebraska on April 19, 1931, to Charley and Kate Wissman. She was raised on the farm near Rulo until moving to Falls City. She worked hard, making sure the job was done right.

Edna enjoyed being with her friends and going out to dance. She met Wesley Moore in the early 1950s and would later tell him he’d better like to dance, or she wasn’t keeping him around! They were married on May 29, 1955, in Falls City.

Wes and Edna lived in Manhattan, Kansas, while Wes finished college, then moved to Robinson, Kansas, where they worked dairy cows for four years. It was during this time they had their daughter, Linda Carol.

For the next six years, they lived in Colorado, where Wes was in the Job Corps, adding Todd Earl to the family during that time. At this point, Edna continued working hard, this time raising and keeping up with two small children in three different assignments around Colorado.

In 1967, the family moved to Mankato, Kansas, where Edna built a lifetime of friendships and memories over 40 years. She worked at several businesses in Mankato, including cleaning at the hotel and the Jewell County Hospital, waitressing, and in her later years she worked at the Melby Mortuary. Edna was also involved in the community of Mankato, actively supporting and volunteering with the Order of Eastern Star and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary  She enjoyed serving Meals on Wheels, visiting with those she served, and making sure the people she served had what they needed. She also volunteered in various capacities as a member of Harmony United Methodist Church, serving wherever she was needed. 

Edna’s hobbies included sewing, crocheting and quilting. She used these talents to make hundreds of quilts for Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. She also crocheted blankets and made quilts for family and friends.

After losing Wes, she moved to Belleville, Kansas, then on to Lenexa, where she stayed for the remaining years of her life.

Edna is survived by her children; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Proceeding her in death was her husband, Wes Moore; and her siblings, Dorothy Lippold, Irene Colgrove and Walter Wissman

Her funeral will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec, 23, at Harmony United Methodist Church in Mankato, with Pastor Jim Rice officiating. Interment to follow at Mount Hope Cemetery at Mankato. 

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m., today (Thursday) at Melby Mortuary.