MOORE, Donald Eugene "Don" - b. December 21, 1958 - d. October 9, 2018

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Donald Eugene Moore of Winfield, Kansas passed away on October 9, 2018 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born December 21, 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Everett Wesley and Mary Ann (Hamilton) Moore.

Don was raised and received his education in Douglass, Kansas and graduated from Douglass High School in 1977.  Following high school, he attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree.  He began his career at Bodkins Auto in Winfield as an auto technician.

Don was united in marriage to Sharon Fickle on August 16, 1986 in Winfield. where they made their home.  He remained with Bodkins Auto when it became Merle Snider Auto and had worked there for almost 40 years.  He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Winfield.  He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed playing disc golf, volleyball, and hunting morel mushrooms.  He especially loved fishing and helping his nieces with fishing and hunting.

His family includes his wife, Sharon Moore of Winfield, Kansas; his son, Jaryd Moore of Wichita, Kansas; his brother, Rodney Moore of El Dorado, Kansas; his sisters, Becky Moore of Douglass, Kansas, Betty Haunschild (Bryan) and their daughters, Bailey, Brookelyn, and Megan of Winfield, Kansas, and Kathryn Perez (Matt) Of Augusta, Kansas; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.  He was preceded in death by his father and a brother, Timothy Moore.

Services will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 1000 Millington Street, Winfield, Kansas.  Private inurnment will take place at a later date.  Memorials have been established in Don's name for the Joe Thornton Memorial Scholarship Fund and for the First United Methodist Church.  Contributions may be made through the funeral home.  Miles Funeral Home, 4001 E. 9th Avenue, Winfield, Kansas 67156 is in charge of arrangements.

(taken from the Miles Funeral Home website)

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Sharon (Fickle) Moore, wife of Donald Moore, grew up in Howard, Kansas and is the daughter of Nadine Fickle and the late Bruce Fickle.