Father Harold ''Dinty'' Moore
September 17, 1924 ~ September 8, 2002
Father Harold “Dinty” Moore, 77, died Sunday morning, September 8, 2002 in Oak Hill, WV after a long illness. Born in Mannington, WV on September 17, 1924, Father Moore was a priest of the Diocese of Wheeling/Charleston for 52 years, having been ordained at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Wheeling on June 3, 1950. Father Moore spent his priesthood in the hills of “Almost Heaven” West Virginia, bringing sweet Jesus to us through prayer, sacrament, and through his Christ-like life of love and goodness.
Father Moore had numerous assignments around the state of West Virginia, including associate pastor at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Wheeling. He was also associate pastor at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church in Weirton. As pastor, Fr. Moore served St. Anthony’s Parish in Grant Town, St. Anthony’s Parish in Follansbee, St. Paul’s Parish in Weirton, St. Joseph’s Parish in Huntington, and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Oak Hill.
Father Moore is survived by his sisters, Sister Mary Harold of Wheeling, WV, Patricia Glover of Atlanta, GA, Rosemary Busby of Kansas City, KS, Sara Bell of Atlanta, GA; and brothers, Bill Moore of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Michael Moore of Capon Bridge, WV.
Visitation will be Tuesday, September 10, from 5-7 PM at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Oak Hill, WV, where a Wake service will be held at 7 PM Tuesday. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated 11 AM Wednesday, September 11, at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, after which Fr. Moore will be taken to St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in Weirton for visitation from 6-8 PM Wednesday evening. A Wake service will be held 8 PM Wednesday at the church. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated 11 AM Thursday, September 12, at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Paul Cemetery, Weirton. Bishop Bernard Schmitt will be the celebrant in Weirton, Father John McDonough will be the celebrant in Oak Hill.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Fr. Moore to either Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Oak Hill, WV, St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 140 Walnut Street, Weirton, WV 26062, or to Hospice of Southern West Virginia, Beckley, WV.
Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, WV, is in charge of arrangements in Oak Hill, and Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main Street, Weirton, WV is handling the local arrangements.
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Funeral Home:
Greco Hertnick Funeral Home
3219 Main Street
Weirton, WV
US 26062
will always remember Father Moore at St Pauls when Chad Pickens was killed Although Chad was Presbyterian he opened his church to all his friends This was May 1955 and we students of Weir High will never forget him Our prayers are with his family jerry hamill
will always remember Father Moore at St Pauls when Chad Pickens was killed Although Chad was Presbyterian he opened his church to all his friends This was May 1955 and we students of Weir High will never forget him Our prayers are with his family jerry hamill
will always remember Father Moore at St Pauls when Chad Pickens was killed Although Chad was Presbyterian he opened his church to all his friends This was May 1955 and we students of Weir High will never forget him Our prayers are with his family jerry hamill
Father Moore could be found every night at the Weirton General Hospital comforting the sick. Father Moore could always be found visiting the elder shut-ins on First Friday. We will always remember his love for us, and how he went out of his way to care for our spiritual needs.–IN A BIG WAY
I am writing this for my husband and also my family, the Krystynaks of Follansbee. Fr. Moore was very good to my husband when he took him in years ago…….as a teen. Couldn’t live at home so, Fr.took him in and his memorys of Fr. Moore are all wonderful. My parents (the Krystynaks) also said that many years ago it was Fr. who tended to my comatose uncle Barney…….coming out of coma, to hear his confession and give him the Last Rites! Which of course, was good. That was daddy K. says oh about 30 years ago. My uncle Barney was Branus Krystynak. God bless Fr. Moores soul and God bless his family. Carmel Barnett
I am so sorry. I have lost one of my truest friends. We were born a month apart, so we go back a long way. My sympathy to all of you. Sincerely, Charlotte Yoho
Please accept our sympathies over the loss of your brother, Father “Dinty” Moore…From former residents of Mannington of the Pete Daniel family…
Jack and Jean Ann Bruce send our love and deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Fr. Harold Moore, a wonderful priest and friend. May he rest in Peace with God.
I just want to say that Father Moore was a good, kind person, and a honest person. There when you needed him. God Blessed him or us for him being with us.
Father Moore–what words can describe such a great priest? He brought so much faith and joy to us in Grant Town. May his soul rest in peace at home with the Lord.
Father Moore married us in Grant Town and baptized our first child. He was a kind, gentle, caring priest. He will be missed by all who knew him. Our deepest sympathy to his family.
Years ago, also on Sept 8, I was married at St. Paul’s Church. In spite of my lack of attendance at Sunday Mass, Fr. Moore advised my mother to allow the Catholic wedding. I am so thankful to Fr. Moore for keeping the arms of the Church open to me, *no matter what*. He exemplified Jesus’ teachings of acceptance and tolerance, and it was Fr. Moore’s unconditional open door policy to anyone who wanted to partake in the sacraments that has influenced my choice to raise my children guided by Catholicism and its sacraments and to educate my children through the Catholic community. Fr. Moore’s unique ability to live according to the basic teachings of Jesus – to love God, to love your neighbor, to judge no one’s heart but your own (regardless of Sunday appearances or attire or anything) – has provided anyone who had the great fortune to know him a taste of Christianity alive and well, in practice, not only in theory. “The Jesus in me loves the Jesus in you.” The Jesus in Fr. Moore was always the most obvious thing about him. That he never lost sight of the Jesus in me remains my fondest memory of him. I am saddened by his passing, but feel unbelievably fortunate to have been led by him in my understanding of Jesus, as much by his sermons as in how he lived his life. I will be forever thankful to Fr. Moore for keeping me close to the heart of Jesus, for not letting go, for not pushing me away any more than I may have drifted – for instead, keeping the doors of the Church always open to me and my children, this otherwise assumed less-than-stellar Catholic. Blessings to his family and to all who have loved and been loved by him.
I came to WVa. in 1969 to be a part of a group called Action Corps. One of the parishes I was to serve in was St Anthony’s in Follansbee. When I first met Father Moore it was quite an eye opener. Here was this man who was full of Fire and Brimstone. A real zest for life and humanity. I must say we didn’t see eye to eye for some time. He never did call me by my real name. Called me blondie or legs. He said one Jodi in the parish was enough. I remember his dogs and how he use to drink frozen milk,help with kids with drinking or drug problems. He had me paint the wall in front of the church with a mural with kids on it. He wanted the Peanuts Gang over the garage ,and a lot of Love and Peace went on the convent wall. I had some kids from the neighborhood help. Well I know I will miss him and was honored to be apart of his life. He touched sooo many lives in many differant ways. I know he’s got a big smile on his face and he’s watching us all now.
To the family of Father Moore; It certainly was a pleasure to have come to know Fr. Moore.He surely was a great and loving person especially with the children. He was the pastor at St.Anthony’s when my children attended St. Anthony’s in Follansbee and later attended MADONNA High School in Weirton. You have our deepest sympathy.–
My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Father Moore. I will miss his “informative” correspondence from Oak Hill very much. May he rest in peace. He was truly “ONE OF A KIND!!”
Goodbye my friend….
Our prayers are with the family of Father Moore during this time of sorrow. Father Moore will forever remain one of my personal heroes. He was always there for his people – at hospitals, in homes, and at the church. Father Moore married Toot and I in Weirton, and baptized two of our three children. We will never forget him – he was a very special man and priest – we need more like him. His memory will live on in all of our hearts. So long, Father Moore….
Father Moore was a wonderful priest and a great person.
He was an incredible Man of God. I have many fond memories of his unselfish love for the poor, visiting the hospital everyday and visiting those that were not from St. Paul’s Parish. He would – – he would say “I only have 1 pair of feet, I only need one pair of shoes.” Greeting the kids after school by the back door with his dog as they were going home; “sweet Jesus always on his lips”, etc. He and Fr. Callahan had a major impact on our lives and we know he is in Heaven now praying for all of us sinners – but to him we are all Saints. He will be sadly missed.
To the Moore family, on behalf of my whole Carozza family we would like to send our deepest sympathy. Fr. Moore has been such a long, memorable and loving part of our life. Even after we moved from Weirton he would send the bulletin to my mom and dad.My parents visited him wherever he would go.They remained close. He will join my father who died last Sept. May he rest in peace for a job well done in the name of the Lord. God bless his family