Richard Moore

Richard Dean Moore, 76, died on Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at his home in Newport, Carteret County, North Carolina, after an extensive illness.

He was born in Loveland, Colorado on May 31, 1934. He was a member of a very large German family that migrated from Russia during the early 1900?s. Hundreds of family members are scattered in most all of the Western United States.

Richard graduated from High School in May 1951 and joined the Navy. He was a Seaman stationed on the USS LST 840. Most of that time was spent in Korea. In February 1955, he rescued a crew member from the icy and fast current water in Inchone Harbor. In 1955 he received an Honorary Discharge and went to Electrician Training School in Portland, Oregon. He became a member of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. But? he loved the military life and so in June 1957 he re-enlisted this time inthe Air Force. He was assigned to the 5040th Transportation Squadron. During this period he became a member of the Air Force Cummins Mobil Diesel Team by receiving training as a Power Ground Equipment Repairman traveling from base to base repairing generators and such. At one period of time he was stationed at MCAS Cherry Point, NC, and assigned to the power plant there. He received an Honorable Discharge in March 1968, and he re-enlisted in the Navy again. This time he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion in Gulfport, Mississippi. He wanted to be a SEABEE. In May of 1968 he attended Counter Insurgency and Survival Training and in June he was sent to the U.S.NAVSUPPORT in Da Nang, Vietnam. He received an Honorable Discharge in September 1969. For the next few years he worked as a truck driver for the Helms and Thurston Truck Lines, and he drove a gasoline truck for N.C. Natural Gas. In 1974 he applied for Civil Service work at MCAS Cherry Point and was picked up in the Maintenance Department at the Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF). He worked there for ten years as an electrician and generator repairman. And then, would you believe it, he wanted to buy his own semi truck. In 1984 he did so and drove cross country with the Running Rabbit, Milton Truck Lines for five more years. Then he sold the truck and worked for the town of Newport Water and Sewage for five more years before retiring.

He spent ten years in the Coast Guard Reserve as a Petty Officer BM. He was a member of the local Moose Lodge and a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 8986. He loved his NASCAR, basketball and football games, playing Pinochle with his old friends and would not turn down a good game of pool.

He is survived by his loving wife, Lois Jo Ann Ohlinger Moore of Newport, Carteret County; a daughter, Judy Lynne Moore Boyd of Pamlico County, NC; three step children, Mary Jo Yingling (Howard) Hobbs of Raleigh, David Reed (Trudy) Yingling of Inwood, WV, and Susan Lynne Yingling (John) Weeks of Morehead City, NC; six grandchildren, Sarah Boyd of Pamlico County, NC, David Nathan (Ryan) Cannon, Steve (Mimi) Show, all of Newport, NC, Scott Damen Yingling who is in the military and stationed in France, Kimberly Lynn Jackson (Donald) Barham, and Jimmy (Nichol) Jackson of Garner, NC; seven great-grandchildren, Raven and Drake Jackson, Meghan, Landon, and Peyton Barham, all of Garner, Emma Lynne Cannon and Natalie Show of Newport; sister-in-law Mary Moore in St. George, Utah, and numerous nieces and nephews in San Diego, Los Angeles, Utah, and Franklin County, Ohio.

He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Fern Raudabaugh and Benjamin Moore of Los Angeles, California, two brothers, Wayne Moore of California and Donald E. Moore of St. George, Utah, and a sister, Delores Moore Watts of Los Angeles, California.

Richard?s wishes are to be cremated. He had a full life and will be missed by many. God bless you and rest in peace.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Newport Developmental Center for Handicapped Children at 903 Church Street, Newport, NC 28570.

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home in Morehead City, NC.