Eloise Moor was born Eloise Darlene Kringen in Lead, South Dakota, to Doris Blanche Staehnke and Otto Melvin Kringen. She was a beautiful child with dark hair and large brown eyes. At the age of 3, she went to live with her maternal grandparents on a farm and lived there until the age of 6. She often said those were some of the happiest years of her life.
She attended Britton High School in Britton, South Dakota. While there, she was a cheerleader for all four years and editor of the school newspaper. She taught herself how to tap dance and her mother made her outfits that she would tap dance in. She performed a solo tap dance recital at her high school graduation in 1944.
After graduating, she joined the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps and attended Dakota Wesleyan University. She did her training at the Methodist Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota, until 1946.
Eloise married Lee Ewert in 1945 at Madison, Wisconsin, and they moved to Albany in 1946. They divorced in 1957.
In 1958, she married Leo Henry Moor in Astoria and they had three children. Her stepson, Anthony Ewert, preceded her in death.
She was baptized Catholic in 1947.
Eloise was a very outgoing person and was a loyal friend. She faithfully gave to many charities, loved animals and was a member of the American Legion. She played on pool teams, bowled and played cribbage on a circuit. She was also a breast cancer survivor. She worked as a bookkeeper and then later in life as a bartender.
She is survived by sister Sharon Pagel of Chisholm, Minnesota; aunt Audrey Marsh of Chehalis, Washington; daughters Jeanie Arries of Corvallis and Julie Kimberlin of Albany; and son Donald Moor of Albany. Although there are many others, only the immediate are listed. Preceded in death are not listed.
Eloise had a great sense of humor and many people have their stories of how she made them laugh.
She was born a beautiful child and died a beautiful woman. She will be very missed.