Funeral Services for Rowena Louise Moore, Age 80 of Cabool, Missouri will be held on Saturday, March 14th, 2026 at The Central Baptist Church, Houston, Missouri, beginning at 11:00 AM. Burial will be in the Wolford Cemetery, Houston, Missouri.
Arrangements under the direction of The Bradford Cemetery, Summersville, Missouri.
Rowena Louise (Hicks) Moore, age 80, daughter of Stanley and Hazel (Miller) Hicks was born July 6th, 1945 at her home in Clara, Missouri and went to be with her lord and savior on March 8th, 2026 at TCMH in Houston, Mo.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie Moore; parents, Stanley and Hazel Hicks; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Leslie and Ursie Moore; sister, Rita (Hicks) Peek; and brothers-in-law, Delane Moore and Richard “Dick” Peek.
Rowena is survived by her three boys Michael, Terry and Joey (Julie) Moore, all of Houston; her grandchildren, Seth Rosen, Zackery Base (Tabby), Shelbi Dixon (Josh), CJ Moore (Sarah), Christopher Moore, Terry Wolfe (Tricia), Jennifer, Jessica and Josi Spauldin; great-grandchilden, Freyja Rosen; Maddison, Noah and Reign Base; Logan, Bristol, Harper, Whitley and Lathom Dixon; Colten, Brentley, Mason, Lane and Paisleigh Moore; Jonathon, Ellie and Kinslee Wolfe; Averie Spauldin; Montgomery Spauldin-Amick; Ember Ledezma; her brother, Richard (Pat) Hicks and sister Rose Ward; her brother-in-law Gary Moore and sister-in-law Hilda Moore; her aunt Joyce (Miller) Slatner; and an abundance of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Rowena was raised in Clara on the family farm along with her brother and sisters. This is where she developed her love for Jesus, farming, cooking, gardening and living a family-focused life. Rowena attended Houston High School and was a member of the class of 1964. This is also the place she met her high school sweetheart, Eddie Moore. Eddie and Rowena married April 5th, 1963, and to their union three children were born. In the early years of their marriage, they resided in St Louis while Eddie worked at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft. When they moved back to Houston, Eddie built houses with his Dad and Rowena worked a few odd jobs until Joey was born. After Joey was born, she became the neighborhood’s full-time babysitter for several years. As life moved on, they bought a small farm in the Dykes Community just west of Houston and then Rowena’s true passions began to shine. Starting in the dairy cattle business, Rowena made it a priority to keep the baby calves alive and healthy and had several secrets to help her do just that. Eddie and Rowena received several awards throughout the years for the outstanding work they did in the dairy industry, many of which she still has hanging on her walls at home. Eventually, they would transition to a beef cattle operation, which would allow them more time to chase after the busy schedules of their grandchildren. Rowena loved being at every sporting event and school function that involved her grandchildren. She also became Grandma to their friends over the years as she gave their friends the same praise or grief that she would give her own grandkids. Even after her grandkids were out of school, you would find her at games until the next round of grandkids started playing. Rowena also filled her time with growing a huge garden, canning and processing their food for the year.
She was a member of Clara Baptist Church where she filled numerous roles. Her top priority was Children’s Church, she also taught Sunday School but her favorite events were VBS, the Christmas Program and Easter Sunday dinner and egg hunt.
During her spare time, Rowena was an avid bowler who spent Tuesdays at her bowling league in Houston and also belonged to a league in Cabool. You could catch her participating in local tournaments and even traveled across the state of Missouri to bowl with her league.
Rowena served in the Houston High School Alumni association for over 30 years and served as an election judge for the Morris Township for an astounding 41 years. Rowena, also known as Grandma Cow, took great pride in her cattle herd, especially after Eddie passed. She was very particular about the way her cattle were handled, treated and taken care of. Everyone knew not to argue with her about the way things were done, because they would just lose. Nobody knew how to handle Rowena better than Maggie Wolfe, who became Rowena’s right hand for the last several years of her life. They worked hard but played hard too and have several stories of things they did, where they should have asked for help but to no one’s surprise, they did not.
Rowena could carry on a conversation with just about anyone, but no one knew her better than her Aunt Joyce, who would talk with her multiple times a week for hours at a time. Aunt Joyce was more like a sister to Rowena throughout the years, with whom she shared just about everything.
Rowena will always be remembered for the pride, support. and love she had for all three of her boys. She will be remembered by her grandkids and great grandkids by the doubling of that pride, support and love she had for each and every one of them, whether they were true grandkids or all the others she adopted over the years. Rowena was a God-fearing family woman who made it her mission in life to make sure everyone she knew felt the love of Jesus through her. She will leave a void behind that nobody can ever fill, but we are thankful for the memories and love that will last us the rest of our lives.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Rowena’s memory may be made to Wolford Cemetery or the Houston Alumni Association.
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