Rosie Moore

Rosie Marie Moore, age 73 years of Niles, Michigan died with her family gathered around at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2015 at her home following a brief illness.

She was born on January 24, 1942 in Hayti, Missouri to Roosevelt and Etha G. (Black) West, Sr. She was graduated from Niles High School and has lived here most of her life. She was employed for many years at the former Niles Service Center of AT&T.

Rosie was a member of God’s Mercy Seat Ministries, where she also led the Women’s Training as an inspired teacher of The Word. She had a New Testament gift of hospitality, enjoying hosting everyone who came to her door, and is well remembered for her cooking skills.

On July 5, 1986 in Niles she married John Moore with whom she celebrated last year the twenty-eighth anniversary of their wedding.

Surviving family includes her husband, John Moore and children, Regina (& Carl) Lucas of Portage, Indiana, Carla (& Marvin Hill of Dowagiac, Michigan, Pastor Duane West of Niles, Debra (& Isaac) Pigee of South Bend, Indiana, Felicia (& Robert) Anderson of South Bend, Estelle Plummer of Niles, Melissa (& Seth) Hipscomb of Niles, David Moss of Niles, Yolanda Moss of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Tinita Moore of Niles; step-daughters Augustine Kyles and Darlene Macon, both of South Bend; twenty-eight grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren; and Rosie’s siblings, Goldean West of Niles, Ruby (& Percy) Coleman of South Bend, Doris Brown of South Bend, Loretta Owens of Detroit, Michigan, Marcia West of Niles, and Henry West of Detroit; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Roosevelt & Etha West, Sr.; a step-son, Dwight Moss; and Rosie’s siblings, Maxine Smith and Roosevelt West, Jr.

The funeral service for Rosie Moore will be at Noon on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at Hope Community Church in Niles with Pastor Mark N. Saylor of Liberty Chapel in Dowagiac officiating. Committal will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.

The family will receive relatives and friends from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. on Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles.

Tuesday May 26, 2015, Noon at Hope Community Church

Monday May 25, 2015, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Halbritter Funeral Home