Jess Moore Rites Set

Graveside funeral services for Jess Moore, 76, of 515 Courtland St., Centralia, who took his own life Sunday, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at Greenwood Memorial Park under the direction of the Sticklin mortuary, with the Rev. Fred T. Lucas officiating. Vault entombment will follow.

Mr. Moore, a logger, was found dead in his home Monday of a gunshot wound, apparently self-inflicted. He was born Aug. 11, 1881, in Castle Rock, Wash.

He is survived by two nephews, Ed Waunch, Tacoma and Robert Waunch, Oakland, and two nieces, Mrs. Madge Bissell and Mrs. Audrey Bates, both of Centralia.


Source: The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA), Tuesday, 25 Feb 1958, page 10.

Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen. She has no further information on this individual.