Avis Elizabeth (Sawyer) Moore

RANDOLPH — Avis Elizabeth (Sawyer) Moore, 93, died April 22, 2018 at Colonial Manor Skilled Nursing Facility, Randolph. Funeral services were held April 26 at Hoch Funeral Home, Ainsworth, with Pastor David Randall officiating the service. Pallbearers were Blake Harlow, James Walker III, Joel Young, Justin Young, Brandon Brown and Kellen Sayre. Honorary pallbearers were Kemmy Young, Jacob Young, Kayla Yasko, David Yasko, Keya Brown, John Brown, Emily Walker, Matthew Moore, Sara Sayre, Jordan Young, Jenna Young, Kourtney Clines, Robert Clines, Kaitlyn Brown, Kristen Brown, Kyleigh Brown, Camden Walker, Ella Walker, Colten Walker, Ashley Newton, Brett Newton and Hadley Newton. Internment was held at the Grandview Cemetery at Long Pine, under the direction of Hoch Funeral Home. Avis Elizabeth Moore was born Sept. 7, 1924, in Rock County, to Charles and Bessie (Putnam) Sawyer. She grew up on her parents’ farm at the confluence of Short Pine and Long Pine Creek a short distance from the homesteads of her paternal grandparents, Jacob and Maria Sawyer, and her maternal grandparents, John H. and Sarah Putnam. Avis was baptized in Pine Creek as a member of the Cuba Baptist Church. She attended first-eidhth grades at Cuba School and then Rock County High School, taking a year off to care for her mother who suffered a heart attack. She graduated in 1943, and after taking normal school training taught two years at the Hulshizer School on the Niobrara River and two years at the Rock Creek School Northeast of Bassett. Avis and Ira J. Moore were married June 22, 1947. She joined the United Methodist Church at Long Pine after marriage. She was devoted to the work of the church, teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and helping with the United Methodist Women’s Society. She also enjoyed friendships she made in the South Pine Slowpoke Extension Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the card club. Avis was preceded in death by her husband, Ira J. Moore; her parents, Charles and Bessie Sawyer; three infant daughters, Jean, Joyce and Joanne; three brothers, Lester (Velma), Raymond (Edna), and Herbert (Hazel); and a sister, Nellie (Joe) Schlink. Avis is survived by her three children, Sherry (Jim) Walker, Kathy Moore, and Steve (Julie) Moore; six grandchildren, Kemmy (Joel) Young, Kayla (David) Yasko, Keya (John) Brown, Jim (Emily) Walker, Matthew Moore, Sara (Kellen) Sayre; 13 greatgrandchildren, Jacob Young, Jordan Young, Justin Young, Jenna Young, Kourtney (Robert) Clines, Kaitlyn Brown, Brandon Brown, Kristen Brown, Kyleigh Brown, Camden Walker, Ella Walker, Colten Walker, and Ashley (Brett) Newton; and one great-greatgranddaughter, Hadley Newton. Memorials were suggested to the Long Pine United Methodist Church, the Long Pine Legion and VFW Club, the Long Pine Heritage House Museum or the Community Center in her name.