DeLyla June Riekenberg Moore, “Ricky”, 80, passed into the arms of her loving Savior on July 25, 2013, at Regency Hospital, Fayetteville. Ricky was an 18-year resident of Cincinnati, Arkansas. She was born in Portland, Oregon on July 10, 1933 to Herbert W. and Laura K. Riekenberg. She married Sid Moore of Bowlegs, Oklahoma, on April 6, 1958, at Christ Lutheran Church, Norfolk, Nebraska.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, of Cincinnati, two daughters, Lorilyn Harper of Atlanta, Georgia, and Sharilyn Hughes of Decatur, Arkansas, one son, Scott Moore and wife Angela Sullivan Moore of the Siloam Springs area, 5 grandchildren; Olivia and Grayson Moore, and Jennifer, Savanna and Dow Ray Hughes, 2 great grandchildren: Zachary Alexander Hughes and Tristan Dallas Carr. one sister, Joyce Johnson of Houston, Texas, and several Nieces and Nephews.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Merlin “Rick” Riekenberg and her parents.
A life-long member of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, Ricky graduated High School in Norfolk, Nebraska in 1950 and Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska in 1955. Having taught in a variety of schools over a 39-year career, she retired in 1998 from the Siloam Springs School system, enjoying her last 21 years there. Preceding Siloam Springs, she had taught in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church schools systems at Columbus, Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mt. Clemens, Michigan and Walburg, Texas. After a 5-year teaching experience with Department of Defense schools in the Azores, Portugal, she taught in the Shawnee, Oklahoma School system for 5 years, one year in Cleveland, Oklahoma and one year in Eureka Springs, Arkansas before coming back to Siloam Springs.
Visitation will be held at Luginbuel Funeral Home, Prairie Grove , Arkansas, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30th.
Funeral Services will be held at Peace Lutheran Church, Prairie Grove, Arkansas at 10:00 a.m. with interment in The National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Officiating will be Pastor David P. Hudak of Christ Lutheran Church in Siloam Springs, with Vicar David Schlinbeckler of Peace Lutheran Church. Music will be provided by Mrs. Dorothy Jones of Bella Vista, Arkansas.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers a memorial be made to Peace Lutheran Church in Ricky’s name for use in the furtherance of the gospel in the area.
Pallbearers: Grayson Moore, Dow Ray Hughes, Jacob McDaniel , Steve Moore, Glenn Moore and Tim Moore.