Lauran Lee Moore
Lauran Lee Moore, a retired maintenance worker and paramedic and a lifelong resident of the Warwick and Chester communities, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, surrounded by his loving family. He was 74.
The son of Arthur Lee Brown and Emily Moore, he was born May 27, 1937, in Goshen.
Lauran was a Little League coach, past commander of the Civil Air Patrol in Montgomery, and EMT and instructor for the Chester Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
He played bass guitar for a local Country and Western Band called the Country Kings.
Lauran was also a member of the Sussex Amateur Radio club and was a private pilot. He enjoyed working with his model remote control planes and giving back to the community as evident in the many organizations he participated in.
Lauran began his work career as a carpenter, working with his father Art. He then worked at the Warwick School for Boys as a guard. He was hired as an orderly at Horton Hospital and quickly moved into the emergency room.
He began riding the ambulance for the hospital and became a paramedic where he delivered five babies. He then went to work for Mobile Life as a paramedic until taking a job at St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick in the maintenance department from which he retired after a stroke in 1998.
Lauran got on his motorcycle whenever he had the opportunity. He loved being surrounded by family and let loose a different side than most others knew. Even when faced with the disabilities caused by an accident and stroke, he always answered that he was okay and smiled.
Survivors include his loving and devoted wife Barbara E. Moore and their sons Kevin Moore and his wife Dianne of Chester and Paul Moore and his wife Karen of Salem, Va. He also is survived by his sister Maureen Kurpiel and her husband Chet of the Village Florida and his sister-in-law Vicki Moore of Dunbar, Pa., also survive him.
Laurans grandchildren - Jennifer, Christina, Rebecca, DJ, Mary Beth, Michael and Regina, as well as his great grandchildren Makensie and Rylan - also survive him, along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Lauran was predeceased by his daughter Terri Lee Desantis Mann and his brother Bernard Moore.
The family would like to offer a special thank you to Thelma and Babs, who treated Dad as if he were a part of their own family. You have become part of ours.
Visitation will be Saturday, March 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Flynn Funeral & Memorial Centers, 3 Hudson St., Chester.
Private interment services will be held at Warwick Cemetery on Monday, March 5, in the family plot.
For additional information or directions to the funeral home or to leave an online memorial, please visit www.flynnfh.com.