Reverend Lester L. Moore, May 9, 1926-May 15, 2014

"Please be in celebration as I will have fought the good fight, run the race and finished  the course with Joy."--Lester Moore

These words were on program cover of Celebration of Life & Resurrection service for Rev Lester L Moore on  Friday May 23, 2014 at Collegiate UMC & Wesley Foundation, Ames Iowa.  He  was their senior pastor  1972-1983.  His first position as a local pastor was 1946-49 while he was a college student at Iowa's Simpson College. All of his pastorates were in Iowa until his retirement in 1991,  except for the years 1950-53 as a student pastor while at Boston Seminary; and during his sabbatical leave 1965-66  the family lived in Washington D.C. where he served as administrative assistant to Iowa congressman John Hanson. 

He served interim positions after his 1991 retirement in Willow AK (1993), 

Dubuque, Iowa (1995) and First UMC Anchorage (Jan-June 1996)

He led adult groups on marvelous trips to Alaska  (summers  1999 and 2003) hosted by friends he'd made during his time there.

His wife Ruth passed away in 1990. He married Rosemary Reed in 2003, who died Dec. 2013.  He is survived by four children;  seven grandchildren; three siblings; multitudes of nieces and nephews.  

Condolence messages for the family may be sent to:

Jane Moore Clark, 9216 40 1/2 Ave. N