Laura S. Moffit
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Laura S. Moffit, 101, a resident of LeClaire, passed away on Sunday, December 15 at the Kahl Home in Davenport.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 21 at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home in Bettendorf. Visitation will be Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Burial will be in Glendale Cemetery in LeClaire. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Our Savior Presbyterian Church, the Scott County 4-H or the LeClaire Volunteer Fire Department.
Laura was born November 7, 1918 in Pleasant Valley, the daughter of Charles & Martha (Johansen) Dodds. On January 1, 1942, she was united in marriage to John Moffit. He preceded her in death after 66 years of marriage together.
A devoted homemaker and farmwife, Laura will be remembered for her excellent cooking and baking. She also enjoyed gardening and flowers and entertaining friends and family.
Those left to honor her memory include daughters, Eileen Dexter of Eldridge, Sandy (DuWayne) Arp of Durango, Iowa and Jean (Glen) Keppy of Eldridge; sons, Tom (Nancee) Moffit of LeClaire and John Moffit of Coal Valley; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Adeline Dodds and Ethel Holst.
In addition to her husband, John, Laura was preceded in death by sisters, Aruba Watkins and Annetta Dodds; brothers, Lee Charles Dodds and Chester Dodds; son-in-law, Andy Dexter; sisters-in-law, Eva Moffit Saur, Amanda Saur, Esther Moffit Shumaker and Alberta Moffit; and brothers-in-law, Clarence Watkins, Russell Saur, George Shumaker, Eldon Holst and William Moffit II.
Laura's family would like to express special thanks to the doctors, nurses and staff of the Kahl Home and of Genesis Hospice for all their care and comfort for Laura.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting Laura's obituary at www.McGinnis-Chambers.com.