Moore - Bertha Petro
Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review Jan 10, 1962 p 10
Covington – Mrs. Bertha Moore, owner of grain elevators in Waynetown and Newport, died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Rudisill Nursing Home here. She was 81.
Mrs. Moore, who had been in failing health six months and seriously ill one week, had been a resident of this community the past 50 years. She was born Feb 12, 1880, near Waynetown, a daughter of George W. and Elizabeth Quick Petro. She married Walter Moore in 1896.
Mrs. Moore was a charter member of the American War Mothers and American Legion Auxiliary of Covington. She also was a member of the Liberty Chapel Church at Waynetown and VFW Of Covington.
Surviving are a son, Leland Moore of Covington; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Henderson of Mulberry and Mrs. Estella Davis of St. Petersburg, Fla; a grandson, Harlan Moore of Covington and three nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and two brothers.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Hegg Funeral Home here with Rev. Glenn Ray in charge. Interment will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home.
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