Virginia Moore
Virginia Rice Moore, longtime secretary to the principal at Kessler School and the widow of former Daily News executive editor J. Carlton Moore, died Sept., 17, 1998 in Salt Lake City after a long illness. She was 88.
Mrs. Moore was born July 7, 1910, in Trinidad, Colo., the daughter of Harry and Ida Belle (Calhoun) Rice. Her mother was the granddaughter of John C. Calhoun, an early US senator from South Carolina and a vice president of the United States.
The family moved to Washington in 1915 and later settled in Chehalis where Mrs Moore graduated from high school in 1928. Inspired by the election of a woman as mayor of Seattle, the young woman ran for student body president but lost. She then was elected League president.
After graduation, she moved to Longview where she was assistant manager in a dress shop and staged style shows for several years. She married her husband in 1939 and held several jobs including a position in the Superior Court clerk's office, before she was hired at Kessler where she worked from 1950 through most of the 1960s.
Upon her husband's retirement in 1972, the Moores moved to Washington D.C., where Mr. Moore worked two years as administrative assistant to Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen. In 1974, the couple moved to a Southern California retirement community where they enjoyed friends, golf and volunteering for favorite political candidates.
Several years later, they moved to the Phoenix area where Mr. Moore died in 1989. Mrs. Moore lived in Mesa, Ariz., until this summer when she went to Salt Lake City to be near her son, James R. Moore, and his family.
Besides her son, she is survived by a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, numerous step- and foster-grandchildren and five nieces and nephews. At Mrs. Moore's request, there will be no memorial service, and her ashes will be placed next to those of her husband at Longview Memorial Park. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1, Longview, WA 98632.
Longview Daily News
Saturday, September 19, 1998
Virginia Rice Moore, longtime secretary to the principal at Kessler School and the widow of former Daily News executive editor J. Carlton Moore, died Sept., 17, 1998 in Salt Lake City after a long illness. She was 88.
Mrs. Moore was born July 7, 1910, in Trinidad, Colo., the daughter of Harry and Ida Belle (Calhoun) Rice. Her mother was the granddaughter of John C. Calhoun, an early US senator from South Carolina and a vice president of the United States.
The family moved to Washington in 1915 and later settled in Chehalis where Mrs Moore graduated from high school in 1928. Inspired by the election of a woman as mayor of Seattle, the young woman ran for student body president but lost. She then was elected League president.
After graduation, she moved to Longview where she was assistant manager in a dress shop and staged style shows for several years. She married her husband in 1939 and held several jobs including a position in the Superior Court clerk's office, before she was hired at Kessler where she worked from 1950 through most of the 1960s.
Upon her husband's retirement in 1972, the Moores moved to Washington D.C., where Mr. Moore worked two years as administrative assistant to Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen. In 1974, the couple moved to a Southern California retirement community where they enjoyed friends, golf and volunteering for favorite political candidates.
Several years later, they moved to the Phoenix area where Mr. Moore died in 1989. Mrs. Moore lived in Mesa, Ariz., until this summer when she went to Salt Lake City to be near her son, James R. Moore, and his family.
Besides her son, she is survived by a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, numerous step- and foster-grandchildren and five nieces and nephews. At Mrs. Moore's request, there will be no memorial service, and her ashes will be placed next to those of her husband at Longview Memorial Park. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1, Longview, WA 98632.
Longview Daily News
Saturday, September 19, 1998
Virginia Moore
Virginia Rice Moore, longtime secretary to the principal at Kessler School and the widow of former Daily News executive editor J. Carlton Moore, died Sept., 17, 1998 in Salt Lake City after a long illness. She was 88.
Mrs. Moore was born July 7, 1910, in Trinidad, Colo., the daughter of Harry and Ida Belle (Calhoun) Rice. Her mother was the granddaughter of John C. Calhoun, an early US senator from South Carolina and a vice president of the United States.
The family moved to Washington in 1915 and later settled in Chehalis where Mrs Moore graduated from high school in 1928. Inspired by the election of a woman as mayor of Seattle, the young woman ran for student body president but lost. She then was elected League president.
After graduation, she moved to Longview where she was assistant manager in a dress shop and staged style shows for several years. She married her husband in 1939 and held several jobs including a position in the Superior Court clerk's office, before she was hired at Kessler where she worked from 1950 through most of the 1960s.
Upon her husband's retirement in 1972, the Moores moved to Washington D.C., where Mr. Moore worked two years as administrative assistant to Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen. In 1974, the couple moved to a Southern California retirement community where they enjoyed friends, golf and volunteering for favorite political candidates.
Several years later, they moved to the Phoenix area where Mr. Moore died in 1989. Mrs. Moore lived in Mesa, Ariz., until this summer when she went to Salt Lake City to be near her son, James R. Moore, and his family.
Besides her son, she is survived by a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, numerous step- and foster-grandchildren and five nieces and nephews. At Mrs. Moore's request, there will be no memorial service, and her ashes will be placed next to those of her husband at Longview Memorial Park. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1, Longview, WA 98632.
Longview Daily News
Saturday, September 19, 1998
Virginia Rice Moore, longtime secretary to the principal at Kessler School and the widow of former Daily News executive editor J. Carlton Moore, died Sept., 17, 1998 in Salt Lake City after a long illness. She was 88.
Mrs. Moore was born July 7, 1910, in Trinidad, Colo., the daughter of Harry and Ida Belle (Calhoun) Rice. Her mother was the granddaughter of John C. Calhoun, an early US senator from South Carolina and a vice president of the United States.
The family moved to Washington in 1915 and later settled in Chehalis where Mrs Moore graduated from high school in 1928. Inspired by the election of a woman as mayor of Seattle, the young woman ran for student body president but lost. She then was elected League president.
After graduation, she moved to Longview where she was assistant manager in a dress shop and staged style shows for several years. She married her husband in 1939 and held several jobs including a position in the Superior Court clerk's office, before she was hired at Kessler where she worked from 1950 through most of the 1960s.
Upon her husband's retirement in 1972, the Moores moved to Washington D.C., where Mr. Moore worked two years as administrative assistant to Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen. In 1974, the couple moved to a Southern California retirement community where they enjoyed friends, golf and volunteering for favorite political candidates.
Several years later, they moved to the Phoenix area where Mr. Moore died in 1989. Mrs. Moore lived in Mesa, Ariz., until this summer when she went to Salt Lake City to be near her son, James R. Moore, and his family.
Besides her son, she is survived by a granddaughter, a great-granddaughter, numerous step- and foster-grandchildren and five nieces and nephews. At Mrs. Moore's request, there will be no memorial service, and her ashes will be placed next to those of her husband at Longview Memorial Park. Donations in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1, Longview, WA 98632.
Longview Daily News
Saturday, September 19, 1998
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