Former Alaska resident Denton Rickey Moore, 81, died Aug. 23, 2007, in Bellingham, Wash. A service was at Tahoma National Cemetery in Covington, Wash. Denny was born May 26, 1926, in Seattle to Katherine Moore Rickey and Charles Rickey. He spent his childhood in the Puget Sound area. As an underage teen, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was wounded on Iwo Jima in March 1945. While recovering from his wounds at a Seattle hospital, he met Janice Edwards, a nurse. They married and moved to Alaska in 1947. They had six children. During their years in Alaska, Denny and Jan taught school at Clarks Point, homesteaded at Kokhanok Bay, served as U.S. territorial commissioners of Iliamna, started and operated Illiamna Lumber Co., and operated a newspaper, the Alaska Fisherman, at Naknek. They were also involved in commercial fishing, set up and ran an independent cannery with Mac and Anisha McCormick and were active in the Alaska statehood movement. In 1962, they returned to Seattle, where Denny obtained a law degree from the University of Washington. He moved to Washington, D.C., and worked as a fisheries specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He was involved with the formation of the 200-mile limit, a zone around the coastal United States that protects fisheries from foreign interests. He retired in 1980. Denny married Velda in 1977, and they began a world tour in 1981 aboard their 43-foot sailboat Prospector. They finished five years later after circling the globe. In 1995, they moved to Bellingham. In retirement, he wrote the books "Alaska: The Lost Frontier," "Gentlemen Never Sail to Weather," about lessons learned aboard the Prospector, and "The Sequel," a handbook for those planning a sailing adventure. Denny is survived by his wife, Velda; children, Katrina, Priscilla, Deborah, Elizabeth, Virginia, and Harry Denton Moore of Palmer; and special nephew, John Denton Moore. His children, 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren live from Micronesia to Alaska, and from the West Coast to the East Coast. Visit the online memorial at legacy.com
(Anchorage Daily News September 18, 2007)∼CORPORAL
US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
Denton Rickey Moore entered the Marine Corps 7 June, 1944 from Bremerton, Washington. Qualified as Expert Rifleman and completed recruit training in 12th Recruit Training Battlion MCB San Diego. Assigned Infantry Training MCB Camp Pendleton, CA. Trained and designated a Scout Sniper (MOS 761).
11 November, 1944 assigned to the 27th Replacement Draft. 23 November, 1944 embarked the USAT Kota Agoeng at San Diego for movement overseas. 2 December, 1944 arrived at Hilo, Hawaii. There the 27th Replacement Draft was attached to Service Troops, 5th Marine Division.
25 December, 1944 embarked the USS Athene (AKA-22) at Pier Two, Hilo, Hawaii. After landing rehearsals and time in Pearl Harbor departed Hawaiian Islands 27 January, 1945. 5-7 February, 1945 at Eniwetok, Marshalls. 11-16 February, 1945 in the Marianas. 25 December, 1944 - 28 February, 1945 served as member the Ship's Platoon aboard the USS Athene loading and unloading cargo.
28 February, 1945 sent ashore and assigned as an infantry replacement in G Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Participated in combat operations until Wounded in Action 2 March, 1945.
Evacuated to US Navy Base Hospital # 8, Hawaii, 6 April, 1945 arrived at San Francisco, CA on USS Hyde (APA-173), 9 April, 1945 to USNH Farragut, Idaho.
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Katherine M Rickey, 328 South Lafayette, Bremerton, Washington. Grandfather, Mr Harry Denton Moore (1865-1937). Grandmother, Mrs Katherine N Moore (1869-1943).
Discharged as a Corporal 7 November, 1945.
(Anchorage Daily News September 18, 2007)∼CORPORAL
US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
Denton Rickey Moore entered the Marine Corps 7 June, 1944 from Bremerton, Washington. Qualified as Expert Rifleman and completed recruit training in 12th Recruit Training Battlion MCB San Diego. Assigned Infantry Training MCB Camp Pendleton, CA. Trained and designated a Scout Sniper (MOS 761).
11 November, 1944 assigned to the 27th Replacement Draft. 23 November, 1944 embarked the USAT Kota Agoeng at San Diego for movement overseas. 2 December, 1944 arrived at Hilo, Hawaii. There the 27th Replacement Draft was attached to Service Troops, 5th Marine Division.
25 December, 1944 embarked the USS Athene (AKA-22) at Pier Two, Hilo, Hawaii. After landing rehearsals and time in Pearl Harbor departed Hawaiian Islands 27 January, 1945. 5-7 February, 1945 at Eniwetok, Marshalls. 11-16 February, 1945 in the Marianas. 25 December, 1944 - 28 February, 1945 served as member the Ship's Platoon aboard the USS Athene loading and unloading cargo.
28 February, 1945 sent ashore and assigned as an infantry replacement in G Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Participated in combat operations until Wounded in Action 2 March, 1945.
Evacuated to US Navy Base Hospital # 8, Hawaii, 6 April, 1945 arrived at San Francisco, CA on USS Hyde (APA-173), 9 April, 1945 to USNH Farragut, Idaho.
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Katherine M Rickey, 328 South Lafayette, Bremerton, Washington. Grandfather, Mr Harry Denton Moore (1865-1937). Grandmother, Mrs Katherine N Moore (1869-1943).
Discharged as a Corporal 7 November, 1945.
Former Alaska resident Denton Rickey Moore, 81, died Aug. 23, 2007, in Bellingham, Wash. A service was at Tahoma National Cemetery in Covington, Wash. Denny was born May 26, 1926, in Seattle to Katherine Moore Rickey and Charles Rickey. He spent his childhood in the Puget Sound area. As an underage teen, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was wounded on Iwo Jima in March 1945. While recovering from his wounds at a Seattle hospital, he met Janice Edwards, a nurse. They married and moved to Alaska in 1947. They had six children. During their years in Alaska, Denny and Jan taught school at Clarks Point, homesteaded at Kokhanok Bay, served as U.S. territorial commissioners of Iliamna, started and operated Illiamna Lumber Co., and operated a newspaper, the Alaska Fisherman, at Naknek. They were also involved in commercial fishing, set up and ran an independent cannery with Mac and Anisha McCormick and were active in the Alaska statehood movement. In 1962, they returned to Seattle, where Denny obtained a law degree from the University of Washington. He moved to Washington, D.C., and worked as a fisheries specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He was involved with the formation of the 200-mile limit, a zone around the coastal United States that protects fisheries from foreign interests. He retired in 1980. Denny married Velda in 1977, and they began a world tour in 1981 aboard their 43-foot sailboat Prospector. They finished five years later after circling the globe. In 1995, they moved to Bellingham. In retirement, he wrote the books "Alaska: The Lost Frontier," "Gentlemen Never Sail to Weather," about lessons learned aboard the Prospector, and "The Sequel," a handbook for those planning a sailing adventure. Denny is survived by his wife, Velda; children, Katrina, Priscilla, Deborah, Elizabeth, Virginia, and Harry Denton Moore of Palmer; and special nephew, John Denton Moore. His children, 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren live from Micronesia to Alaska, and from the West Coast to the East Coast. Visit the online memorial at legacy.com
(Anchorage Daily News September 18, 2007)∼CORPORAL
US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
Denton Rickey Moore entered the Marine Corps 7 June, 1944 from Bremerton, Washington. Qualified as Expert Rifleman and completed recruit training in 12th Recruit Training Battlion MCB San Diego. Assigned Infantry Training MCB Camp Pendleton, CA. Trained and designated a Scout Sniper (MOS 761).
11 November, 1944 assigned to the 27th Replacement Draft. 23 November, 1944 embarked the USAT Kota Agoeng at San Diego for movement overseas. 2 December, 1944 arrived at Hilo, Hawaii. There the 27th Replacement Draft was attached to Service Troops, 5th Marine Division.
25 December, 1944 embarked the USS Athene (AKA-22) at Pier Two, Hilo, Hawaii. After landing rehearsals and time in Pearl Harbor departed Hawaiian Islands 27 January, 1945. 5-7 February, 1945 at Eniwetok, Marshalls. 11-16 February, 1945 in the Marianas. 25 December, 1944 - 28 February, 1945 served as member the Ship's Platoon aboard the USS Athene loading and unloading cargo.
28 February, 1945 sent ashore and assigned as an infantry replacement in G Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Participated in combat operations until Wounded in Action 2 March, 1945.
Evacuated to US Navy Base Hospital # 8, Hawaii, 6 April, 1945 arrived at San Francisco, CA on USS Hyde (APA-173), 9 April, 1945 to USNH Farragut, Idaho.
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Katherine M Rickey, 328 South Lafayette, Bremerton, Washington. Grandfather, Mr Harry Denton Moore (1865-1937). Grandmother, Mrs Katherine N Moore (1869-1943).
Discharged as a Corporal 7 November, 1945.
(Anchorage Daily News September 18, 2007)∼CORPORAL
US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
Denton Rickey Moore entered the Marine Corps 7 June, 1944 from Bremerton, Washington. Qualified as Expert Rifleman and completed recruit training in 12th Recruit Training Battlion MCB San Diego. Assigned Infantry Training MCB Camp Pendleton, CA. Trained and designated a Scout Sniper (MOS 761).
11 November, 1944 assigned to the 27th Replacement Draft. 23 November, 1944 embarked the USAT Kota Agoeng at San Diego for movement overseas. 2 December, 1944 arrived at Hilo, Hawaii. There the 27th Replacement Draft was attached to Service Troops, 5th Marine Division.
25 December, 1944 embarked the USS Athene (AKA-22) at Pier Two, Hilo, Hawaii. After landing rehearsals and time in Pearl Harbor departed Hawaiian Islands 27 January, 1945. 5-7 February, 1945 at Eniwetok, Marshalls. 11-16 February, 1945 in the Marianas. 25 December, 1944 - 28 February, 1945 served as member the Ship's Platoon aboard the USS Athene loading and unloading cargo.
28 February, 1945 sent ashore and assigned as an infantry replacement in G Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division. Participated in combat operations until Wounded in Action 2 March, 1945.
Evacuated to US Navy Base Hospital # 8, Hawaii, 6 April, 1945 arrived at San Francisco, CA on USS Hyde (APA-173), 9 April, 1945 to USNH Farragut, Idaho.
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Katherine M Rickey, 328 South Lafayette, Bremerton, Washington. Grandfather, Mr Harry Denton Moore (1865-1937). Grandmother, Mrs Katherine N Moore (1869-1943).
Discharged as a Corporal 7 November, 1945.
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