May 31, 2022 3:50 a.m.

Frank Moore was remembered during a Saturday service in Douglas Hall at the county fairgrounds.

A few hundred people turned out to pay their respects to Moore, who passed away in January, only a week before he would have turned 99 years old.

The stories were familiar to those attending – a hand shake or bear hug from Moore, his way of making everyone feel like they were his best friend, being saved by Moore as they started to fall into the North Umpqua River while fishing with him. Those and lots more.

Dan Whelan, staff person for Congressman Peter DeFazio, read statements from both DeFazio and Senator Ron Wyden, filled with deep praise and respect for Moore., The two members of Congress worked to propose legislation, which became law in 2019, designating approximately 100,000 acres of public lands up the North Umpqua as the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary.

Moore’s son, Dr. Frank Moore, talked about how his father was able to bring out the best in people, even ones that were sometimes not initially likeable.

Longtime friend, retired pastor Mike Miller, talked about Moore’s deep faith, and about some of the tough struggles Moore faced in his life- both during World War II and after he and his wife Jeanne moved to Roseburg in 1946.

Donations in memory of Frank Moore can be made to Source One Serenity, North Umpqua Foundation, or The Steamboaters.