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Submitted: 12/6/16 • Approved: 12/6/16 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R801274-G801274-S3
October 7, 1951 - May 29, 2007
Daughter of Owen Jesse and Lodema Ruth Oberbeck
Connie Moore, age 55, of Joplin, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, surrounded by her family and friends after a two year courageous battle with ALS.
Connie was a 1969 graduate of Central High School and a 1999 graduate of Crowder College. She worked as a nurse practitioner for Planned Parenthood.
Connie was preceded in death by her father, Owen Jesse Oberbeck; mother, Lodema Ruth Clark; brother-in-law, Lowell Childress; and stepfather, Bill Clark.
Survivors include lifelong friend, Jennifer Burken; two children, Ralph Moore and wife, Kelley, and Lea Ann Moore; grandchildren, April Jennings, Katlyn Moore, Lindzee Moore and Karley Holt-Allen; sisters, Donna Childress, Doris and Tom Farmer, Linda and Andy Bishop, Lois Wallace, Sherry Oberbeck, Joann and Jack Rinker, Janet Bennett, Dorrie Mizell and Billie and Jimmy Tannehill; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of special friends.
Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 1, at Greenlawn East Funeral Home, Springfield. Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 31, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Planned Parenthood or ALS Association.
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