Mildred Vanetta "Vanetta" (Stanley) Moore
Marriages
John "JD" Moore - November 17, 1946
Married 56 years
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 13A - February 9, 2023
With deep sadness, we
announce the passing of
Mildred Vanetta Moore
on February 1, 2023, at 98
years old. Vanetta was born
in Saguache, Colorado on
January 5, 1925 to Miles
and Mildred Stanley.
When she was young Vanetta worked for Hill Air
Force Base assembling war planes and selling war
bonds. After the war, she married her highschool
sweetheart, John “JD” Moore, on November 17, 1946.
Together, they built a life around their family; while
they frequently moved around, they mostly lived in
Utah and Colorado. Vanetta primarily worked in the
home raising her children and taking care of her family.
In retirement, Vanetta and JD shared a hobby of
searching the desert for precious stones and other
natural treasures. In 1981, they discovered the first
dinosaur bones in Rabbit Valley, now known as the
Mygatt-Moore Quarry, with their friends, Pete and
Marilyn Mygatt. In that same quarry, they also found
a new species of dinosaur, the Mymoorapelta, which is
displayed at the dinosaur museum in Grand Junction.
Vanetta loved going on picnics, puzzling, making
mosaics and crafts, and especially playing cards with
her family. She lived on her own until her death and
always attributed her long life to walking everywhere,
as she never did get a driver’s license.
Vanetta was a kind, gentle soul that had a special
ability to make everyone feel welcome and loved, and
she will be sorely missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband, of 56 years, and her siblings, Jerry (Barbara)
Stanley and Mina Bell (Urban) Shafer. Vanetta is
survived by her three children, Valli (Jim) Smouse,
Randy (Doris) Moore, and Lance (Roberta) Moore;
eight grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren;
and three great-great-grandchildren.
Please join us for a Celebration of Life for Vanetta this
Saturday, February 11, at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary
(2515 Patterson Road) at 11:00 am.
