Juanita Marie Race Moody died in Crawford, NE’s Ponderosa Villa on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, thirty-three days short of 96 years. On September 4, 1926 she was born in Casper, Wyoming, the daughter of Frank Harold and Marjorie Angeline Phinney Race.
The family, including her little brother, Keith Walter, moved to Crawford in 1938. Juanita graduated Valedictorian from Crawford High School in 1944. A brief experience in a Greeley, CO woman’s college ended with a short engagement, a quick execution of marriage to USA Naval man, Lloyd Dawson Moody, on June 9, 1945 following with the move to Seattle, WA and employment in a pharmacy. The official end of WWII, on Sep. 2nd, was actually the preliminary event of the return to Crawford and the city girl’s life was changed to farming and ranching. The country made an impact along with her involvement in multiple community organizations, John the Baptist Catholic Church family, the entire Moody Clan comprised the families of seven brothers and two sisters world and her definitely dominated bridge world.
Two children were born: Cassandra J Moody Olson and David Lloyd (Mary) Moody and continue to be survivors along with grandsons Justin David, and Dawson Porter (Alicia) Moody; great grandsons Aaron Lloyd and Trent Jackson and granddaughters Sawyer Adele, Finley Marie, and Piper Jo Moody.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lloyd, and her brother Keith and wife Mary Lou Dodd Race whose family graced her six nephews and two nieces.
A rosary in John the Baptist Catholic Church will be Sunday, August 7, 4pm and the funeral on Monday August 8, 2022 at 11am. Catholic ladies will serve a light lunch after the service in the Catholic Hall. Private family internment at the Crawford Cemetery will be at a later date.
Memorials to the Catholic Church, the Ponderosa Villa, Crawford Volunteer Fire & Rescue, or Crawford Library are always greatly appreciated.