Bruce R. Moore
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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He was born March 19, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to John Vernal and Francis “Grace” Robinson Moore. On Aug. 27, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio, he married Joyce Cain, who survives.
He enlisted in U.S. Army-Air Force in 1946 through Fort Wayne, and served as a navigator in the European Theatre in Germany and in the Pacific Theatre in Japan. SSG Bruce Robinson Moore was honorably discharged in 1949.
He graduated from Taylor University, Upland, in 1953, earning a bachelor’s degree in Biblical literature, and earned a master’s degree in linguistics from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1961.
He lived in Chicago during his youth, Fort Wayne for the rest of his childhood and after serving briefly as missionaries in Texas, he and his wife spent 35 years in Ecuador, South America, and three years in Guatemala. Following retirement in August 1998, they moved to Dallas, Texas, until October 2011 when they moved to Grace Village, Winona Lake.
He and Joyce were missionaries in south Texas from 1951 until they were accepted for missionary service in 1953 with Wycliffe Bible Translators and left for Ecuador in 1956. For more than 35 years they translated the New Testament of the Bible and an abridgment of the Old Testament into the language of the Tsachi people of western Ecuador. He produced literacy materials and ethnography on the culture of the Tsachi people. His work was instrumental in establishing a congregation of Christians among them. He also served as a consultant with Wycliffe helping linguistic missionaries around the world and in dozens of countries and languages. He has 25 publications listed with the Summer Institute of Linguistics on translation and the language and culture of the Tsachi people. Although the Moores retired in 1998, he continued consultancy work with Wycliffe from their home in Dallas.
He was a member of Highland Park Church, Kokomo.
Also surviving are two daughters, Rebecca (and spouse German) Rhon, Quito, Ecuador, and Carol Shaw, Garland, Texas; two sons, Stephen (and spouse Princene) Moore, Warsaw, and the Rev. Paul (and spouse Karisse) Moore, Silver City, N.M.; a sister, Marcia Gould, Bristol; two brothers, Donald Moore, Spokane, Wash., and Dennis Moore, Miami, Fla.; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Jeanette Heigter.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, officiated by Pastor Ed. Vasicek of Highland Park Church.
Calling is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators, P.O. Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862-8200.
Condolences may be sent via www.titusfuneralhome.com
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He was born March 19, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to John Vernal and Francis “Grace” Robinson Moore. On Aug. 27, 1950, in Dayton, Ohio, he married Joyce Cain, who survives.
He enlisted in U.S. Army-Air Force in 1946 through Fort Wayne, and served as a navigator in the European Theatre in Germany and in the Pacific Theatre in Japan. SSG Bruce Robinson Moore was honorably discharged in 1949.
He graduated from Taylor University, Upland, in 1953, earning a bachelor’s degree in Biblical literature, and earned a master’s degree in linguistics from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1961.
He lived in Chicago during his youth, Fort Wayne for the rest of his childhood and after serving briefly as missionaries in Texas, he and his wife spent 35 years in Ecuador, South America, and three years in Guatemala. Following retirement in August 1998, they moved to Dallas, Texas, until October 2011 when they moved to Grace Village, Winona Lake.
He and Joyce were missionaries in south Texas from 1951 until they were accepted for missionary service in 1953 with Wycliffe Bible Translators and left for Ecuador in 1956. For more than 35 years they translated the New Testament of the Bible and an abridgment of the Old Testament into the language of the Tsachi people of western Ecuador. He produced literacy materials and ethnography on the culture of the Tsachi people. His work was instrumental in establishing a congregation of Christians among them. He also served as a consultant with Wycliffe helping linguistic missionaries around the world and in dozens of countries and languages. He has 25 publications listed with the Summer Institute of Linguistics on translation and the language and culture of the Tsachi people. Although the Moores retired in 1998, he continued consultancy work with Wycliffe from their home in Dallas.
He was a member of Highland Park Church, Kokomo.
Also surviving are two daughters, Rebecca (and spouse German) Rhon, Quito, Ecuador, and Carol Shaw, Garland, Texas; two sons, Stephen (and spouse Princene) Moore, Warsaw, and the Rev. Paul (and spouse Karisse) Moore, Silver City, N.M.; a sister, Marcia Gould, Bristol; two brothers, Donald Moore, Spokane, Wash., and Dennis Moore, Miami, Fla.; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Jeanette Heigter.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, officiated by Pastor Ed. Vasicek of Highland Park Church.
Calling is from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Memorials may be made to Wycliffe Bible Translators, P.O. Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862-8200.
Condolences may be sent via www.titusfuneralhome.com
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