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Moffatt was an honorary member of the Dubuque Police Protective Association and a member of the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY]], Dubuque County Conservation Society, [[DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]] and the Royal Arch Masons. | Moffatt was an honorary member of the Dubuque Police Protective Association and a member of the [[DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY]], Dubuque County Conservation Society, [[DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]] and the Royal Arch Masons. | ||
Surviving were a sister, Mrs. Joshua Fraser, of Minneapolis, Minn.; a brother, Robert, of Dubuque; two nephews, Dr. Thomas Moffatt, of Denver, Colo., and Hillman Moffatt, of St. Paul, Minn.; and five nieces, Mrs. Wayne Anthony, of Dubuque, Mrs. [[SPENSLEY, Harker|Harker SPENSLEY]], of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Roger Worley, of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Gerald Cummins, of Ft. Dodge, Ia., and Mrs. Muriel Zecklin, of Minneapolis. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, James L., of St. Paul, and his two sisters, Miss Elma Moffatt and Mrs. Hestor Woods, both of Orillia, Canada. | Surviving were a sister, Mrs. Joshua Fraser, of Minneapolis, Minn.; a brother, Robert, of Dubuque; two nephews, Dr. Thomas Moffatt, of Denver, Colo., and Hillman Moffatt, of St. Paul, Minn.; and five nieces, Mrs. Wayne Anthony, of Dubuque, Mrs. [[SPENSLEY, Harker B.|Harker B. SPENSLEY]], of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Roger Worley, of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Gerald Cummins, of Ft. Dodge, Ia., and Mrs. Muriel Zecklin, of Minneapolis. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, James L., of St. Paul, and his two sisters, Miss Elma Moffatt and Mrs. Hestor Woods, both of Orillia, Canada. | ||
[[File:moffatt.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[MOFFATT, Thomas W.|Thomas W. MOFFATT]], a veteran of the [[CIVIL WAR]] wrote his memoirs with his son, Wallace. Image courtesy: C. Hughes (Arizona)]] | [[File:moffatt.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[MOFFATT, Thomas W.|Thomas W. MOFFATT]], a veteran of the [[CIVIL WAR]] wrote his memoirs with his son, Wallace. Image courtesy: C. Hughes (Arizona)]] | ||
Revision as of 15:24, 4 March 2014
Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=higg&id=I3576
MOFFATT, Wallace W. (Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 25, 1879--Dubuque, IA, May 3, 1952). The son of Thomas W. MOFFATT and Hester (Willson) Moffatt, Wallace served several years on the Dubuque City Council and was the MAYOR of the city in 1944. He came to Dubuque in 1900 and began work with the Mathis-Metz Printing Company. This later became the Mathis-Moffatt Printing Company.
Moffatt was an honorary member of the Dubuque Police Protective Association and a member of the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Dubuque County Conservation Society, DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and the Royal Arch Masons.
Surviving were a sister, Mrs. Joshua Fraser, of Minneapolis, Minn.; a brother, Robert, of Dubuque; two nephews, Dr. Thomas Moffatt, of Denver, Colo., and Hillman Moffatt, of St. Paul, Minn.; and five nieces, Mrs. Wayne Anthony, of Dubuque, Mrs. Harker B. SPENSLEY, of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Roger Worley, of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Gerald Cummins, of Ft. Dodge, Ia., and Mrs. Muriel Zecklin, of Minneapolis. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, James L., of St. Paul, and his two sisters, Miss Elma Moffatt and Mrs. Hestor Woods, both of Orillia, Canada.
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Source:
Christa Hughes, descendant
Obituary. Telegraph Herald, May 4, 1952