Joseph Moore

Joseph Moore Obituary

A native Oregonian, Joseph A. Moore died Sunday, August 16th, 2015 at the age of 94.

Joe was born in the Washington County farming community of Roy, Oregon on February 11th, 1921. The sixth of nine children to Joseph and Antoinette Moore, Joe helped his mother run the family’s General Store until being drafted into the U.S Army and deployed to Okinawa during World War II. He was seriously injured during a mortar attack after just two weeks on the island and spent most of the following two years in military hospitals recuperating.

After returning to the Portland area, he spent some time in the grocery business with family members before enrolling at Mt. Angel Seminary. Joe loved the lifelong friendships he made while attending Mt. Angel. In 1966 he married Mary Teresa Craviotto and they raised two boys as Joe spent his working life as a Letter Carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, spending many years delivering mail on routes in the Hollywood District and, later, along West Burnside in Portland.

Joe was actively involved in the Catholic Church, St. Pius X parish, the St. Vincent DePaul Society and the Blanchet House of Hospitality among many other charitable organizations.

He is survived by sons Joe and Mike, daughter-in-law Kristen and six grandchildren, Rachel, Emily, Megan, Madeline, Joey and Hayden, as well as brothers Tom (Mary Ellen) and Jack (Josephine) and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral mass at St. Pius X, Thursday August 27th at 10:30am, followed by private interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Remembrances to Blanchet House of Hospitality or St. Vincent DePaul Society, St. Pius X Chapter.

Funeral Mass

Thursday August 27, 2015 , 10:30am

St. Pius X

Private interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

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Our deepest sympathies on the loss of your dear loved one. Our Loving Creator promises to bring back to life those in his memory to perfect health on a paradise earth. John5:28,29 Rev21:3,4.