Donald Dean Moore, age 91, of Caseyville, Illinois passed away at Meridian Village, in Glen Carbon, Illinois on Tuesday, February 7th, 2023. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois on March 2nd, 1931 to Claude and Pearl (nee Able) Moore.
Donald was preceded in death by his wife Catherine (nee Kassing) Moore, his parents, his brothers Claude Jr. (Cora) Moore, James (Joenella) Moore, his sisters Mary (Pete) Freel, Ruby (Milton) Rehg and Kathleen (Edward) Isbill.
He is survived by his daughter Cindy (Ron) Borkowski of Highland Illinois and Donald A. (Felicia) Moore of Troy, Illinois; his grandchildren Matthew and (Michelle) Borkowski of St. Louis, Missouri, Caitlin Moore of Harvard, Massachusetts, Emily and Megan Moore of Troy, Illinois and many nieces and nephews.
Donald, often referred to as "Dean" by family and friends, was a U.S. Navy Veteran. In the second decade of his life he professionally boxed and wrestled. He was the owner of a tavern in Washington Park, Illinois called the "Hi Neighbor" in the early 1960's. He also loved to take his family fishing every year for decades on Bull Shoals Lake in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He worked on and retired from the Alton and Southern Railroad in East St. Louis, Illinois after 45 years.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 from 4:00-7:00 pm at Lake View Funeral Home 5000 N. Illinois Street Fairview Heights, IL 62208. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 at 11:00am. Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois next to his wife Catherine who passed away in 2020.
Memorial contributions can be made in honor of Donald to Hospice of Southern Illinois.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.LakeViewFuneralHm.com for the Moore family.
