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Obituary- Moyer, Wendell

Wendell Austin ‘Mo’ Moyer
MANHATTAN Wendell Austin "Mo" Moyer, 79, Manhattan, died Monday, June 30,1997, at his home.

Mr. Moyer served 40 years in extension service and was best known for his contributions to the swine industry in Kansas. Mr. Moyer was the author of many articles and a column in the state pork producers publication. He also furnished agricultural reports for newspapers and radio programs. He was honored in 1973 with the Kansas Pork Producers Council Award for his support of the swine industry.

Mr. Moyer also claimed the Kansas Agricultural County Agents Award in 1980 and the American Society of Animal Science Award in 1981. The Kansas Pork Producers headquarters in Manhattan was named the Wendell A. Moyer Office Building in 1979.

Mr. Moyer served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

He was born Feb. 3,1918, in Manhattan, the son of Willard Austin Moyer and Alice Mae Barry Moyer. He was reared on a farm north of Manhattan. He was graduated from Manhattan High School in 1936 and earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and a master's degree in animal husbandry in 1955, both at Kansas State University.

Mr. Moyer was a member of First United
Methodist Church, the Elks Club, Manhattan Country Club, Pearce-Keller Post No. 17 of the American Legion, Lafayette Lodge No. 16 AF&AM and the Manhattan Shrine Club, all in Manhattan.

He was married to Frances A. Crumbaker on Oct. 5, 1941, in Manhattan. She survives.

Other survivors include two daughters. Marlene Kay Glasscock, Manhattan, and Cheryl Ann Matthews, Olathe; two brothers, Earl B. Moyer, Manhattan, and Harry Moyer, Rossville, two sisters, Pauline Brown, Seal Beach, Calif., and Dorothy Marks, Topeka;
and four grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Manhattan. Burial with Masonic committal services will be at Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home in Manhattan.

Memorial contributions may be made in the Wendell A. Moyer Memorial at the Kansas State University Foundation, or to Homecare and Hospice of Manhattan and sent in care of the funeral home.