Born Orva Lorraine Borre (pronounced Burr) on March 1, 1914 on a farm outside Cushing, Nebraska, Lorraine was the third of nine children. Her father, William, was of Danish heritage an a stern but loving man. Her mother, Hazel, was petite and of English heritage. Like most rural lifestyles, hers was strong of family and a work ethic. But she still found time for fun and oftern told of tilting outhouses on Halloween or crawling between Model T's as they ran side by side down the road.

On July 9, 1933 she married Kenneth Kermit Moffett. Initially following in their family's footsteps, they set to farming outside Wolbach, Nebraska. Soon the family doubled in size with the arrival of Robert Dean, followed shortly by Ardis Jean, both born at home, which became the family tradition. After a stint of running a store in northern Nebraska, the family landed in Colorado. Kermit ran the power plant in Tacoma, Colorado and Lorraine tended to the family. In 1938 Kenneth Kermit Jr. arrived to bring the family to five on the oft-snowy slopes above Duranto, Colorado.

By 1941 the urge to move further west placed all five Moffetts on the road to California where they eventually landed in Vista. With the war years upon them, Kermit worked in the ship yards in San Diego and Lorraine kept clan in check. Although many miles from the farmlands of the Great Plains, they eventually turned 4+ acres of California soil into their own mini farm where Lorraine managed a wide variety of animals and her three young farm hands. In 1945 with the war drawing to close, Lorraine gave birth to the last addition, Ronald Edwin. After expanding the small house that they bought with the land, Lorraine, Kermit and family built the "big house" that would be her dream house.

Over the years the family tree grew with ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. While Lorraine has moved on to greater glory, her legacy lives on and will coninue to grow.