The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-12
Moore,
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Buried Here
Son-In-Law of Mrs. S. D.
Jardine Passed Away
Friday Night
WAS ACE CAMERAMAN
Married To Ariel Jardine, of
Sank Centre, August
%, 1882

Funeral services for Leo A.
Moore, husband of the former Ar
lei Jardine, daughter of Mrs. s. D.
Jardine, Of this community, were
held in Minneapolis Monday. In
the Twin Cities he was commonly
known as Dinty Moore, well-known
and beloved chief photographer Of
the Daily News, st. Paul.
The last sad rites were held at
1890 a. m, at the chapel Of the
Lee Mortuary,. 2217 Nicollet Ave-,
Minneapolis. Rev. Thomas B.
Shorts, former pastor Of the Sank
Centre Methodist church, officiat-
ed, and members Of the Woodrow
Wilson post of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, the Rainbow Divi-
sion Veterans, and the Joyce Kill
mer Post, American Legion, of
which he was member, also took
part in the service.
The Daily News said that the
body lay in flag-draped casket
surrounded by flowers banked al
most to the ceiling-tributes from
officialdom in both cities, the
county and the state and the host
of friends Mr.. Moore had made in
his years Of newspaper service in
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The body was brought to Sank
Centre Tuesday afternoon for in
terment in Greenwood cemetery on
the lot Of the S. d. Jardine family.
The service at the grave conducted
by Woodrow Wilson Post, Mime
apolis, occurred at three o'clock.
The firing squad, color bearers and
the bugler were selected from
among the membership Of Paul Do
mart Post, v. F. W., Sank Centre.
Mr.. Moore passed away Friday
night at Rochester following
stomach operation. This operation
was the last Of several he had I'M
dergone in an effort to regain his
health. He was wounded in the
World War, as a member Of the
Rainbow division, with which he
served eighteen months overseas.
Born 80 years ago in Mankato he
was taken to Minneapolis by his
parents as a boy and was gradual
ed from West high school in that
city. He also entered the newspa-
per photography field in Minneapo-
lis, serving with both the Journal
and the old Minneapolis Daily
News.
AS a member Of the staff Of the
st. Paul Daily News, which he
joined in 1923, his pictures gained
widespread attention, many Of
them regarded as outstanding ex-
amples Of newspaper photography.
He was well known in newspaper
and Photographic circles through
out this section of the country.
At the time of his death he resid-
ed at 1858 46th ave-. S., Minneapo-
lis. He was united in marriage to
Ariel Jardine, of Sank Centre, on
August %, 1882.
He is survived by his widow,
two children. Clayton and Leo A.
Moore, Jr.; two brothers, Fred
Moore, st. Paul, and Edward
Moore, Mankato; and two sisters,
Mrs. Philip Pittman, st. Paul, and
Mrs. Robert Axtell, Mankato.
Paul Light, member Of the
DAILY news StaII, Wrote VI Ills
friend, as follows:
Dinty Moore, Daily News ace
photographer, has taken his last
picture.
Death, stalking his trail since
enemy shrapnel and enemy gas
penetrated his body during the
World war, caught up with him at
Rochester at 9:15 Friday evening.
He failed to rally after a stom-
ach operation, performed as a last
desperate measure to save him
from the ravages of war wounds.
His widow and two children sur
vive him.
Loyalty
I'm not given, as rule, to sup
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