Geneva Delpha Moore

GENEVA DELPHA MOORE Funeral services for Geneva Moore will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 6, 2026, at the Alva Church of God with Rev. Billy Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Geneva Delpha, oldest child of Everett William and Alta Marie (Prigmore) Hofen, was born September 11, 1927, southeast of Hopeton, and passed away surrounded by her family May 28, 2026, at her home in Alva at the age of 98 years, 8 months, and 18 days. From a country girl, starting at the age of 5 or 6, Papa would wake us up to go out and milk the cows at 6 a.m., cream was sold with eggs to buy groceries on weekends. We also had to shock feed and then throw it over the fence for the cows to eat. When we would get home from school, we would walk out to get cows milked and always found them by the watering hole, where they would stop and rest to get a drink. Then we would drive them to the corral to milk. We had a one year old heifer in the group you could do anything to her, for example, slap her on her hinny. One night she decided she didn’t want to go through the corral gate, she just stopped at the gate and she rolled her eyes, so I jumped on and she took off like a bullet. We went to the OK School which was a rural school. On nice evenings, we would walk home 3 miles, and an old couple would meet us with a pan of cookies. Most of the time we were picked up by neighbors or our parents, but enjoyed walking on nice evenings during school time. We had 4-H meetings once a month at Friendship School. After the meeting we would find a way home. By the time we got home, we worked till bedtime; shocking feed, taking care of the chickens, milking and washing cows and the household chores. The summer my dad had surgery, we had to plow the ground. We could hardly even crank the tractor but we figured it out. We knew we had to do it to help the farm and to put food on our table. I helped the folks with harvest for 16 years. When I finished school we took a trip to California. When we return, My sister and I found some jobs in Alva that we could do. I worked for JC Penny and the Gas Company. Finally Long’s wife came back to work so I found a job at Rumsteader Motor Company. One day while working at Long’s, here came waltzing in, a tall cowboy with a black cowboy hat, he introduced himself as Carroll Moore and asked me to lunch and we were together from then on. We were married July 23, 1949 at the Christian Church Parsonage, and had a couple stand with us from Bear Motor Company. That night Carroll was supposed to play ball, but we made an appearance there before heading on our honeymoon in Pikes Peak, Colorado. We then came from and started working at May’s ranch. May’s ranch didn’t workout so we left and went to Great Bend, and found new jobs. Then to Wichita, Kansas, and finally, Derby, Kansas. I worked at the Merchant’s Bank for 5 years before being offered a City Clerk job, and worked there for 21 years. In 1992 or 1993 we decided to move back to Alva and build our own house. During that time, we had three kids, two girls and one boy, Arlene, LouAnn, and Billy. Carroll and I enjoyed traveling, especially the border of Texas, to see Dale, Carroll’s brother, and many other locations to visit family and friends. We were married almost 55 wonderful years. I wouldn’t change anything. I lived a great and wonderful life. Besides her parents, Everett and Alta, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll Moore; her siblings, Everett Hofen, Jr., Laveta Dotterer, Elma Melton, Alvina Murray, and Josephine Ricks; and one great grandson, Noah Burrow. Geneva is survived by her son, Billy Moore and wife, Donna, of Tulsa; her daughters, Arlene Burrow and husband, Dallas, of Derby, Kansas, and LouAnn Moore of Derby, Kansas; four grandchildren, Joshua Burrow and wife, Jenna, Jacob Burrow and wife, Jessica, Jennifer Martin and husband, Thomas, and Christy McKee and husband, Lester; great grandchildren, Eli Burrow, Joey Burrow, London Burrow, T.J. Martin and wife, Madison, Gabriel Martin, Ashley Martin, Amanda Martin, Jordan McKee, Alyssa McKee, Hailey McKee, Bethany McKee, Quade Shannon, Kellan McKee, and Payton McKee; and great great grandchildren, Boomer and Elise. Also surviving are brothers, Henry Hofen of Cherokee and Max Hofen and wife, Linda, of Waynoka; sisters, Evelyn Kramp of Alva, Everetta Hall of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Alfreda Reynolds of Cimarron, Kansas; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Green Leaf Fire Department. Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com.

Geneva Delpha Moore

September 11, 1927 - May 28, 2026