The Washington State Journal & Ritzville Time June 17, 1917
Mrs. Thomas N. Moore
Last Saturday occurred the death of Mrs. T. N. Moore, a resident of this county, the family
home being near Benge. The death occurred in Ritzville where Mrs. Moore had come for medical treatment.
The funeral was held Monday morning at Haight's undertaking parlors, conducted by Rev. M. J. Perdue.
The interment was made at the Ritzville cemetery.
Laura Ernestine Hoffstatter was born at Agency City, Iowa, May 14, 1855. She crossed the
plains with an immigration party in 1864, arriving in Walla Walla in October of that year. She
attended the first school taught in the first public building in that city. The family moved to
Waitsburg and then returned to the Walla Walla valley. She was united in marriage to Thomas N. Moore
March 3, 1872. Mr. Moore also was a member of a pioneer family. The following children were born to
this union: Mrs. John Boldman, Phoenix, Ariz., William and Earl Moore, Kennewick; G. Thomas Moore,
Hooper; Mrs. C. E. Todd, Hooper; Miss Nettie Moore, deceased; Mrs. Floyd Montgomery, Kennewick; Mrs.
Clarence Beighton, Lamont; Forrest L. Moore, Hooper. Besides the husband and the children she leaves
to mourn her departure two brothers and two sisters, G. W. Hoffstatter, Cambridge, Idaho; Milton D.
Hoffstatter, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. J. M. Moore, Baker City, Oregon; Mrs. James Morfitt, Malheur,
Oregon, the latter of whom was with the sister during the last two weeks of her illness.
The Washington State Journal & Ritzville Time June 17, 1917
Mrs. Thomas N. Moore
Last Saturday occurred the death of Mrs. T. N. Moore, a resident of this county, the family
home being near Benge. The death occurred in Ritzville where Mrs. Moore had come for medical treatment.
The funeral was held Monday morning at Haight's undertaking parlors, conducted by Rev. M. J. Perdue.
The interment was made at the Ritzville cemetery.
Laura Ernestine Hoffstatter was born at Agency City, Iowa, May 14, 1855. She crossed the
plains with an immigration party in 1864, arriving in Walla Walla in October of that year. She
attended the first school taught in the first public building in that city. The family moved to
Waitsburg and then returned to the Walla Walla valley. She was united in marriage to Thomas N. Moore
March 3, 1872. Mr. Moore also was a member of a pioneer family. The following children were born to
this union: Mrs. John Boldman, Phoenix, Ariz., William and Earl Moore, Kennewick; G. Thomas Moore,
Hooper; Mrs. C. E. Todd, Hooper; Miss Nettie Moore, deceased; Mrs. Floyd Montgomery, Kennewick; Mrs.
Clarence Beighton, Lamont; Forrest L. Moore, Hooper. Besides the husband and the children she leaves
to mourn her departure two brothers and two sisters, G. W. Hoffstatter, Cambridge, Idaho; Milton D.
Hoffstatter, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. J. M. Moore, Baker City, Oregon; Mrs. James Morfitt, Malheur,
Oregon, the latter of whom was with the sister during the last two weeks of her illness.
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