Alma Alta Moore

ALMA ALTA MOORE Alma Alta Marvin McIntyre Moore, born July 25, 1919 to Herbert and Lillian Marvin, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Highlands Regional Medical Center, Hope Hospice Unit. Alma was a housewife, picked grapes and cherries and worked for over 20 years for WCA Hospital in Jamestown, New York, from where she retired. She had lived the last 24 years in Sebring, Florida, where she was a member of Whispering Pines Baptist Church. She enjoyed crocheting, doing plastic canvas work, jigsaw puzzles and being with family. She had a green thumb that could make anything grow and she loved cooking and baking, especially chocolate chip cookies. She was a very caring and loving person and would give bags of freshly baked cookies to anybody that came by, including neighbors, the mailman and even send her husband to work with bags full to share with the Sebring Packing House. She was willing to teach anybody she knew who wanted to learn, her many talents, even her grandkids, where her memory will live on. She is survived by her sons, Norman (Sandy) McIntyre of Sherman, NY and David (Janet) McIntyre of Randleman, NC; step-children, Joy Kiker of Avon Park, FL; Ronald (Gloria) Moore of Mayville, NY; Roger (Marlene) Moore of Ojai, CA; Jim (Sherry) Moore of Sebastian, FL and Mitchel (Teresa) Moore of Sebring. She had 26 grandchildren; 43-great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Maurice, Ralph and Ira; sister, Myrtle; daughter, Nancy; granddaughters, Judith Ann Hitchcock and LouAnn Donahue; grandson, Michael McIntyre; first husband, Kenneth McIntyre in 1965 and second husband, Bill Moore in 2009. Funeral Services will take place at Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home Chapel in Sebring at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 27, 2011, with the Rev. Steve Trinkle officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Burial will be at Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Avon Park, FL. Friends may make memorial donations in her memory to Whispering Pines Baptist Church at 303 White Pine Drive, Sebring, FL 33872. Arrangements were entrusted to: Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home Sebring, Florida 33870 863-385-0125 www.stephensonnelsonfh.com