Lauretta Lee Moore, 93, rural Macy (Gilead), died on Nov. 24, 2017 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, at 3:12 p.m.

She was born on Feb. 11, 1924 in South Bend, to Lynn L. and Rhea M. (Rager) Landis.  She graduated from Gilead High School in April of 1943.

Lauretta married Earl Lester Moore on May 9, 1945 in Fulton. She spent all but twenty-three years of her life living on a farm previously owned by her great grandparents Vernon “Vernie” and Flora (Todd) Rager.  Lauretta worked at American Fork & Hoe (later known as the Shovel Factory) now the location of Sonoco Products in Akron. She also worked for Playtime Products in Warsaw and was a homemaker and helped work with her husband Earl on the farm.

Surviving Lauretta are three sons: Gary Lee (Sherri) Moore of Peru; Jerry Eugene (companion Mary Pruitt) of Gilead; Terry Lester (Julie) Moore of Macy; one granddaughter: Amana (Phil) Spann of Wabash; six grandsons: Adam Moore of Virginia; Brandon (Erica) Moore of Roann; Kevin (Sarah) Moore of Denver; Joshua (Heather) Moore of South Bend; Christopher (Grace) Moore of Peru; Jordon Moore of Macy; and four great-grandchildren: Thomas, Conner, Ainsely, and Aubrey; one brother: Leroy (Rose Anna) Landis of North Manchester; one brother-in-law: John Hoover of Warsaw; one sister-in-law: Helen Landis of Warsaw; several nieces and nephews.

Preceding Lauretta in death are her parents; her husband Earl Lester Moore on June 5, 2005; her sister Loreen A. Hoover 2012; her brother Lloyd R. Landis 2016.

Visitation and viewing will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the Earl-Love Funeral Home in Akron, Indiana.

Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 at the funeral home with Chaplain Jason See officiating.  Burial will be in the Akron IOOF Cemetery in Akron, Indiana.

Memorial contributions can be made to the family of Lauretta Moore.

The staff of Earl-Love Funeral Home considers it a privilege and an honor to care for the family and friends of Lauretta Moore.