Max B. Moore, 96, passed away on March 24, 2015 at the Baldwin Health Care and Rehab Center in Baldwin City, KS. Max was born on August 21, 1918 in Smithville, MO to Estel B. and Ada F. Moore. He was raised in the Vinland Valley area and attended several schools in the Vinland area. Max was educated through the 8th grade at which time he started working to support his mother and younger siblings. He held various jobs in his lifetime including working at a gas station. He also worked for Green Brothers John Deere dealership and for the CO-OP fertilizer plant in Lawrence, KS. Max and his wife Doris purchased a farm that was later known as Plainview Farms. Max continued to run the farm well into his 90s. Max was very active in the communities of Vinland and Baldwin. He served on the Vinland Fair Board for many years. He also was a member of the Vinland Grange. Max served as trustee for the Palmyra Township and took an active role in establishing the volunteer fire department for the township. He served many years as the organizer of the music tent for the Maple Leaf Festival. He and his wife Doris entertained the community for years through their love of music. Their “band” played various venues in the area over the years. Max was an accomplished guitarist.
Max married Doris M. Winters on August 7, 1940. They celebrated 70 years of marriage before she preceded him in death. He is survived by his daughter Donna (Louis) Slusser, son Danny (Rhonda), Baldwin, three grandchildren, Michael (Lori) Slusser, Christina (Dave) Rexroad, and Mandy (Dave) Kelly, three great-grandchildren, Ashley Slusser, Chance Barritt, and Lauren Slusser, a sister June (Don) Allis, sister-in-law Jean and numerous nieces and nephews and his faithful dog Toby. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Madalyn Collins and Hazel Puckett and a brother Gerald Moore.
Please join the family to share your memories of Max at the visitation which will be on Friday, March 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Graveside services will be on Saturday, March 28 at 10 a.m. at the Deay Cemetary, 700-798 East 2300 Road, Eudora, KS 66025 (six miles south and one mile east of Eudora on the southwest corner). The Family suggests contributions be made to Gentiva Hospice, 8735 Rosehill Rd, Suite 200, Lenexa, KS 66215.
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Sorry to hear of Mr. Moore’s passing.
I remember him and his wife performing at the Baldwin music jam.
Your Dad & Mom were such good friends to my Dad and Uncle (Lloyd & Earl Jameson). He will be missed. So Sorry for your loss.
Dan and Family
We are very sorry for your loss. The good thing is that, all that your parents taught you and shared with you lives on in you. Our thoughts will be with you, Rowan and Tanya
So sorry for the loss of your grandpa Mandy, I bet he is singing in the band up above. Our prayers are with you and family.
For many years when I lived in Baldwin, We would always attend the Maple Leaf Festival. I would always spend at least one evening at the tent playing music with Max and his group.
He and Doris both were wonderful, hard working people. To the family of Max and Doris, please accept my sincere condolences in his passing.
Max was such a character and I loved going to his farm with Mandy. I’m so sorry for your loss.
Danny, Donna, and family. The world has lost one of the best men I have ever known. I remember him from all the years at the Vinland Fair. He was always a mentor, and a inspiration to me. He and Dorris were a admiration to me as the perfect farm couple. Working side by side, hand in hand. I only regret that I had not visited him in the past year. He was a straight shooter, and you always knew were you stood with him. I am truly going to miss visiting with him. Heaven got a real good man, and he will have that twinkleing eye watching down on us. If we can do anything for you folks, just ask.
Thank you Max for showing my family and me how to be a good neighbor. I will miss you.
Donna, Danny and family. What a life well lived! Max and Doris (and all of you!) have been fabulous neighbors! Can’t think of anyone who would be there to help someone any faster than Max! We will surely miss him! Lifting you all up in prayer! Anita and Richard