Only child of Dr. Roy N. Moxley and Grace Ann Stackhouse.
His mother, a former teacher at Dickinson County High School, died when Max was only
8 days old so was raised by his father's sister, Maude Halbert, in Chapman.
In 1940 Max married Sarah Charlene "Icee" Schiveley (Feb. 10, 1912-May 9, 2000) d/o
Charles C. Schiveley (1876-1968) native of Connelsville, PA and Lena Lovell (1882-1961)
native of Niles, MI.
With Max's death, the Moxley surname has disappeared. He was the last surviving male
to carry the surname descending from his great grandfather - Samuel Moxley (1800-
1878) - native of VA, resident of Ontario in Canada and Fayette County in PA and
who moved to Shelbina, MO in 1867 and died there.
The obit below is informative.
STERLING: - Max Moxley, longtime editor of the Sterling Bulletin, died Thursday, Feb.
24, 2011 at the age of 98 at the Sterling Presbyterian Manor.
Max Lowell Moxley was born in Chapman, Kansas on March 2, 1912, the son of Roy N.
and Grace Stackkhouse Moxley. His mother died in childbirth and he was immediately
taken to live with his father's sister, Maude Halbert, and her husband Frank in Chapman.
He attended Chapman city schools and Dickinson County High School where his
mother had been a teacher. He spent the first 18 years of his life with the Halberts,
graduating from Dickinson County High School in 1930.
He attended the University of Kansas, graduating in 1935 with a degree in
journalism. During his senior year he was editor of the University Daily Kansan and
was also active in Sigma Delta Chi, the honorary journalism fraternity which later
became the Society of Professional Journalists to which he belonged the remainder of his life.
After graduation he took a job with the Abilene Daily Chronicle as a reporter and
later as city editor. In 1940 he resigned to buy the Delphos Republican, a small
weekly in Ottawa County. That same year he married to Sarah Charlene Schiveley at the
Schearer Memorial Lutheran Church in Chapman. He and Mrs. Moxley operated the
Republican until the outbreak of World War II, when they sold the paper. They moved to
Kansas City where he worked in the Kansas City Bureau of the Associated Press. His
principal job there was to file the Kansas-Oklahoma wire, serving all dailies in the
two states. He often pointed out that this was an exciting time for wire services in
that it covered the years of D-Day, VE Day, VJ Day and Roosevelt's death. He later
became Missouri editor.
At the close of the war he opted to return to country journalism and he and Mrs.
Moxley purchased the Sterling Bulletin in October 1945 from Ruth Lyons, who had
owned the paper since 1913. Moxley sold the Bulletin to Karl Gaston in 1975 and
he and Mrs. Moxley remained with the firm as Office manager until 1993, completing
a total of 49 years service to the Bulletin.
Moxley served as president of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce on two different
occasions. In 1953 while Chamber president he headed a committee which started the first
Sterling Community Chest, which today is sponsored by the Sterling Rotary. He also
served two terms as president of the Sterling Library Board, including the years
when the Ann Dilley addition was built and the elevator installed. He was instrumental
in raising funds for the elevator and more recently funded the automation of the
library as a memorial to his wife.
Moxley was a member of Sterling Rotary for 58 years, serving as club secretary for 22
years. In 2001 he completed 50 years of perfect attendance at Sterling Rotary.
During his years at the Bulletin, Moxley served on the building committees at
Sterling College and served as general chairman of the school's 75th anniversary in 1962.
On retirement from the Bulletin, Moxley assumed various duties about town
including that of an assistant at the local library. One of his duties included
the organization of the Sterling Tree Committee which, in the 70s, was
responsible for treating hundreds of American elms for Dutch elm disease and
the organization of nurseries to provide replacement trees.
Since 1891, the Bulletin has been identified as the "Old Home Paper", both
in the masthead and in the tin letters on the front of the building. For thirty
years Moxley wrote a weekly column as "The Old Home Editor" and then for
another ten years s "The Old Home Ex-Editor". More recently he has supplied a
weekly photo-feature known as "Images of the Past".
He was a member of the Lutheran church at Chapman. Mrs. Moxley died in May 2000.
There are no survivors. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mar. 23 at First United Methodist Church, Sterling.
His mother, a former teacher at Dickinson County High School, died when Max was only
8 days old so was raised by his father's sister, Maude Halbert, in Chapman.
In 1940 Max married Sarah Charlene "Icee" Schiveley (Feb. 10, 1912-May 9, 2000) d/o
Charles C. Schiveley (1876-1968) native of Connelsville, PA and Lena Lovell (1882-1961)
native of Niles, MI.
With Max's death, the Moxley surname has disappeared. He was the last surviving male
to carry the surname descending from his great grandfather - Samuel Moxley (1800-
1878) - native of VA, resident of Ontario in Canada and Fayette County in PA and
who moved to Shelbina, MO in 1867 and died there.
The obit below is informative.
STERLING: - Max Moxley, longtime editor of the Sterling Bulletin, died Thursday, Feb.
24, 2011 at the age of 98 at the Sterling Presbyterian Manor.
Max Lowell Moxley was born in Chapman, Kansas on March 2, 1912, the son of Roy N.
and Grace Stackkhouse Moxley. His mother died in childbirth and he was immediately
taken to live with his father's sister, Maude Halbert, and her husband Frank in Chapman.
He attended Chapman city schools and Dickinson County High School where his
mother had been a teacher. He spent the first 18 years of his life with the Halberts,
graduating from Dickinson County High School in 1930.
He attended the University of Kansas, graduating in 1935 with a degree in
journalism. During his senior year he was editor of the University Daily Kansan and
was also active in Sigma Delta Chi, the honorary journalism fraternity which later
became the Society of Professional Journalists to which he belonged the remainder of his life.
After graduation he took a job with the Abilene Daily Chronicle as a reporter and
later as city editor. In 1940 he resigned to buy the Delphos Republican, a small
weekly in Ottawa County. That same year he married to Sarah Charlene Schiveley at the
Schearer Memorial Lutheran Church in Chapman. He and Mrs. Moxley operated the
Republican until the outbreak of World War II, when they sold the paper. They moved to
Kansas City where he worked in the Kansas City Bureau of the Associated Press. His
principal job there was to file the Kansas-Oklahoma wire, serving all dailies in the
two states. He often pointed out that this was an exciting time for wire services in
that it covered the years of D-Day, VE Day, VJ Day and Roosevelt's death. He later
became Missouri editor.
At the close of the war he opted to return to country journalism and he and Mrs.
Moxley purchased the Sterling Bulletin in October 1945 from Ruth Lyons, who had
owned the paper since 1913. Moxley sold the Bulletin to Karl Gaston in 1975 and
he and Mrs. Moxley remained with the firm as Office manager until 1993, completing
a total of 49 years service to the Bulletin.
Moxley served as president of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce on two different
occasions. In 1953 while Chamber president he headed a committee which started the first
Sterling Community Chest, which today is sponsored by the Sterling Rotary. He also
served two terms as president of the Sterling Library Board, including the years
when the Ann Dilley addition was built and the elevator installed. He was instrumental
in raising funds for the elevator and more recently funded the automation of the
library as a memorial to his wife.
Moxley was a member of Sterling Rotary for 58 years, serving as club secretary for 22
years. In 2001 he completed 50 years of perfect attendance at Sterling Rotary.
During his years at the Bulletin, Moxley served on the building committees at
Sterling College and served as general chairman of the school's 75th anniversary in 1962.
On retirement from the Bulletin, Moxley assumed various duties about town
including that of an assistant at the local library. One of his duties included
the organization of the Sterling Tree Committee which, in the 70s, was
responsible for treating hundreds of American elms for Dutch elm disease and
the organization of nurseries to provide replacement trees.
Since 1891, the Bulletin has been identified as the "Old Home Paper", both
in the masthead and in the tin letters on the front of the building. For thirty
years Moxley wrote a weekly column as "The Old Home Editor" and then for
another ten years s "The Old Home Ex-Editor". More recently he has supplied a
weekly photo-feature known as "Images of the Past".
He was a member of the Lutheran church at Chapman. Mrs. Moxley died in May 2000.
There are no survivors. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mar. 23 at First United Methodist Church, Sterling.
Only child of Dr. Roy N. Moxley and Grace Ann Stackhouse.
His mother, a former teacher at Dickinson County High School, died when Max was only
8 days old so was raised by his father's sister, Maude Halbert, in Chapman.
In 1940 Max married Sarah Charlene "Icee" Schiveley (Feb. 10, 1912-May 9, 2000) d/o
Charles C. Schiveley (1876-1968) native of Connelsville, PA and Lena Lovell (1882-1961)
native of Niles, MI.
With Max's death, the Moxley surname has disappeared. He was the last surviving male
to carry the surname descending from his great grandfather - Samuel Moxley (1800-
1878) - native of VA, resident of Ontario in Canada and Fayette County in PA and
who moved to Shelbina, MO in 1867 and died there.
The obit below is informative.
STERLING: - Max Moxley, longtime editor of the Sterling Bulletin, died Thursday, Feb.
24, 2011 at the age of 98 at the Sterling Presbyterian Manor.
Max Lowell Moxley was born in Chapman, Kansas on March 2, 1912, the son of Roy N.
and Grace Stackkhouse Moxley. His mother died in childbirth and he was immediately
taken to live with his father's sister, Maude Halbert, and her husband Frank in Chapman.
He attended Chapman city schools and Dickinson County High School where his
mother had been a teacher. He spent the first 18 years of his life with the Halberts,
graduating from Dickinson County High School in 1930.
He attended the University of Kansas, graduating in 1935 with a degree in
journalism. During his senior year he was editor of the University Daily Kansan and
was also active in Sigma Delta Chi, the honorary journalism fraternity which later
became the Society of Professional Journalists to which he belonged the remainder of his life.
After graduation he took a job with the Abilene Daily Chronicle as a reporter and
later as city editor. In 1940 he resigned to buy the Delphos Republican, a small
weekly in Ottawa County. That same year he married to Sarah Charlene Schiveley at the
Schearer Memorial Lutheran Church in Chapman. He and Mrs. Moxley operated the
Republican until the outbreak of World War II, when they sold the paper. They moved to
Kansas City where he worked in the Kansas City Bureau of the Associated Press. His
principal job there was to file the Kansas-Oklahoma wire, serving all dailies in the
two states. He often pointed out that this was an exciting time for wire services in
that it covered the years of D-Day, VE Day, VJ Day and Roosevelt's death. He later
became Missouri editor.
At the close of the war he opted to return to country journalism and he and Mrs.
Moxley purchased the Sterling Bulletin in October 1945 from Ruth Lyons, who had
owned the paper since 1913. Moxley sold the Bulletin to Karl Gaston in 1975 and
he and Mrs. Moxley remained with the firm as Office manager until 1993, completing
a total of 49 years service to the Bulletin.
Moxley served as president of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce on two different
occasions. In 1953 while Chamber president he headed a committee which started the first
Sterling Community Chest, which today is sponsored by the Sterling Rotary. He also
served two terms as president of the Sterling Library Board, including the years
when the Ann Dilley addition was built and the elevator installed. He was instrumental
in raising funds for the elevator and more recently funded the automation of the
library as a memorial to his wife.
Moxley was a member of Sterling Rotary for 58 years, serving as club secretary for 22
years. In 2001 he completed 50 years of perfect attendance at Sterling Rotary.
During his years at the Bulletin, Moxley served on the building committees at
Sterling College and served as general chairman of the school's 75th anniversary in 1962.
On retirement from the Bulletin, Moxley assumed various duties about town
including that of an assistant at the local library. One of his duties included
the organization of the Sterling Tree Committee which, in the 70s, was
responsible for treating hundreds of American elms for Dutch elm disease and
the organization of nurseries to provide replacement trees.
Since 1891, the Bulletin has been identified as the "Old Home Paper", both
in the masthead and in the tin letters on the front of the building. For thirty
years Moxley wrote a weekly column as "The Old Home Editor" and then for
another ten years s "The Old Home Ex-Editor". More recently he has supplied a
weekly photo-feature known as "Images of the Past".
He was a member of the Lutheran church at Chapman. Mrs. Moxley died in May 2000.
There are no survivors. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mar. 23 at First United Methodist Church, Sterling.
His mother, a former teacher at Dickinson County High School, died when Max was only
8 days old so was raised by his father's sister, Maude Halbert, in Chapman.
In 1940 Max married Sarah Charlene "Icee" Schiveley (Feb. 10, 1912-May 9, 2000) d/o
Charles C. Schiveley (1876-1968) native of Connelsville, PA and Lena Lovell (1882-1961)
native of Niles, MI.
With Max's death, the Moxley surname has disappeared. He was the last surviving male
to carry the surname descending from his great grandfather - Samuel Moxley (1800-
1878) - native of VA, resident of Ontario in Canada and Fayette County in PA and
who moved to Shelbina, MO in 1867 and died there.
The obit below is informative.
STERLING: - Max Moxley, longtime editor of the Sterling Bulletin, died Thursday, Feb.
24, 2011 at the age of 98 at the Sterling Presbyterian Manor.
Max Lowell Moxley was born in Chapman, Kansas on March 2, 1912, the son of Roy N.
and Grace Stackkhouse Moxley. His mother died in childbirth and he was immediately
taken to live with his father's sister, Maude Halbert, and her husband Frank in Chapman.
He attended Chapman city schools and Dickinson County High School where his
mother had been a teacher. He spent the first 18 years of his life with the Halberts,
graduating from Dickinson County High School in 1930.
He attended the University of Kansas, graduating in 1935 with a degree in
journalism. During his senior year he was editor of the University Daily Kansan and
was also active in Sigma Delta Chi, the honorary journalism fraternity which later
became the Society of Professional Journalists to which he belonged the remainder of his life.
After graduation he took a job with the Abilene Daily Chronicle as a reporter and
later as city editor. In 1940 he resigned to buy the Delphos Republican, a small
weekly in Ottawa County. That same year he married to Sarah Charlene Schiveley at the
Schearer Memorial Lutheran Church in Chapman. He and Mrs. Moxley operated the
Republican until the outbreak of World War II, when they sold the paper. They moved to
Kansas City where he worked in the Kansas City Bureau of the Associated Press. His
principal job there was to file the Kansas-Oklahoma wire, serving all dailies in the
two states. He often pointed out that this was an exciting time for wire services in
that it covered the years of D-Day, VE Day, VJ Day and Roosevelt's death. He later
became Missouri editor.
At the close of the war he opted to return to country journalism and he and Mrs.
Moxley purchased the Sterling Bulletin in October 1945 from Ruth Lyons, who had
owned the paper since 1913. Moxley sold the Bulletin to Karl Gaston in 1975 and
he and Mrs. Moxley remained with the firm as Office manager until 1993, completing
a total of 49 years service to the Bulletin.
Moxley served as president of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce on two different
occasions. In 1953 while Chamber president he headed a committee which started the first
Sterling Community Chest, which today is sponsored by the Sterling Rotary. He also
served two terms as president of the Sterling Library Board, including the years
when the Ann Dilley addition was built and the elevator installed. He was instrumental
in raising funds for the elevator and more recently funded the automation of the
library as a memorial to his wife.
Moxley was a member of Sterling Rotary for 58 years, serving as club secretary for 22
years. In 2001 he completed 50 years of perfect attendance at Sterling Rotary.
During his years at the Bulletin, Moxley served on the building committees at
Sterling College and served as general chairman of the school's 75th anniversary in 1962.
On retirement from the Bulletin, Moxley assumed various duties about town
including that of an assistant at the local library. One of his duties included
the organization of the Sterling Tree Committee which, in the 70s, was
responsible for treating hundreds of American elms for Dutch elm disease and
the organization of nurseries to provide replacement trees.
Since 1891, the Bulletin has been identified as the "Old Home Paper", both
in the masthead and in the tin letters on the front of the building. For thirty
years Moxley wrote a weekly column as "The Old Home Editor" and then for
another ten years s "The Old Home Ex-Editor". More recently he has supplied a
weekly photo-feature known as "Images of the Past".
He was a member of the Lutheran church at Chapman. Mrs. Moxley died in May 2000.
There are no survivors. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be
held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mar. 23 at First United Methodist Church, Sterling.
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