Elmer Dean (Bud) Moore, 84, McLouth, KS, died Thursday, May 10, 2007 at his home.

A Celebration of Life and Masonic service will be held 7 pm Friday, May 18, 2007 at his home (402 S. Olive Street, McLouth, KS).  The family will receive friends from 2 pm until service time at the home.

Bud was born October 20, 1922 in Elkhart, KS, the son of Lawrence and Christine (Meyer) Moore.  He was a WW II Army Air Corp Veteran and a third generation carpenter and builder.  On January 15, 1948 he was united in marriage to Frances Graham.  She preceded him in death, December 12, 2006.

Survivors include 3 sons, Robert, Johnson, KS, James, McLouth, KS, and Larry, Oskaloosa, KS; 1 daughter, Janeice Smoots, Emporia, KS; 1 brother, William, McLouth, KS; 3 sisters, Mildred Hausner, Mamie Moore and Ruth Butler, all of McLouth, KS; 9 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to Jefferson County Hospice or American Heart Association % Quisenberry Funeral Home, PO Box 993, Tonganoxie, KS 66086.

Online condolences may be sent to www.quisenberryfh.com .