Date of Birth:
Monday, January 29, 1917
Date of Death:
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Age:
94 years old

Robert C. Moores

Robert C. Moores

The Memorial Mass for Robert Moores will be at 11:00AM Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Rochester, with the Rev. Donald J. Schmitz officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.  Visitation will be held one-half hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church.

Mr. Moores, 94, of Rochester, died Saturday, December 3, 2011 at his residence.

Bob was born January 29, 1917 in Stanford, Connecticut.  He graduated in 1935 from Williston Academy in Northampton, Massachusetts.  On June 10, 1939 he married Kathryn Mantel.  They moved to Rochester in 1946.  He was owner of Moores Color Center at Miracle Mile in Rochester.  He retired to Birchwood, Wisconsin in 1972 and relocated to Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1999.  He returned to Rochester in 2007 and resided at the Homestead of Rochester until his death.

Survivors include his 3 daughters, Susan Johnson, Cindy (Larry) McHale, Debbie (Joel) Ostrum; 4 grandchildren, Sarah Ostrum, Ruth Ostrum, Connie (Ray) Sheets and Kelly (John) Longstreth;  2 great grandchildren, Megan and Cody Longstreth; and a sister Nancy (Stanley) Poltrack.  He was preceded in death by his wife Kathryn.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Mayo Clinic Hospice.