Magdalena Rosalia Moore

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Mrs. Magdalena Rosalia Moore, 79, of Dell, passed from this life Saturday, March 24, 2012, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro.

Born in Munsterschwarzach, Germany, to Alois and Rosalia Kauppert Wehner, she was retired from the Dell Public School System.

She also worked with the Gosnell Public School System and the Mississippi County Christian Academy. Magdalena was raised Catholic, as a child, in Germany and attended the Dell Baptist Church.

She loved to crochet and enjoyed making blankets for her family and friends. Magdalena loved to dance when she was younger and would often dance around the living room holding her children and grandchildren. She was a wonderful cook and enjoyed having her family over every Sunday for dinner.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Audy Moore; brothers, Karl Wehner, Joseph Wehner, Albert Wehner and Adelbert Wehner and a sister, Maria Bader.

She is survived by her children, Elke and Jess Nicholson of Mooresville, Ind., Audry Austin of Baton Rouge, La., Janette Moore of Dell, Tonya and Marc Divito of Hubbard, Ohio, John and Sherry Moore of Proctor, Ark., Audy and Belinda Moore of Gosnell, and Stephanie and Chris Brents of Gosnell;

One brother, Edgar Wehner of Germany; and

Eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Cemetery. The family receive d friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Cobb Funeral Home. An online register may be signed at cobbfuneralhome.com