Dora Delee (Hastings) Moore, age 93, a longtime Atoka, OK resident. She was born on Friday, November 7, 1930, to Benjamine Franklin "B.F." and Maudie Mae (Singletary) Hastings, at Darwin, OK in Pushmataha County. In 1945 she and her parents moved to Atoka from Antlers after a tornado destroyed their home.  Dora passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at Atoka, OK. She graduated from Atoka High School with the class of 1948. Her nursing career started in 1950 caring for elderly patients in the private home of Sarah Hubbard. In 1953 she enrolled in The Napa Extension Course School of Nursing in Ada, OK and graduated June 1954 receiving her L.P.N. degree. She later took and passed the L.P.N. exam with the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing. She went on to help establish The Hubbard Nursing Home, the first nursing home in Atoka County where she continued to work as a L.P.N. and floor supervisor until 1967 when she went to work for the Atoka Colonial Manor as L.P.N. Supervisor. Dora Lee retired September 2000 after 33 years of service at the Atoka Colonial Manor. She married Luther F. Moore on January 20, 1949 at Atoka, OK and they divorced in 1967. Dora Lee was a long-time member of the South Atoka Church of Christ where she felt very blessed and honored to be a part of such a special church family. She was also a long time member of the Oklahoma Eastern Star. Dora Lee enjoyed crocheting, working puzzles with her dear friend, Lil Chastain, growing African Violets and taking care of the roses, flowers and trees in her yard. She took great pleasure in her numerous and diverse clock collection and especially enjoyed listening to the ones she had set to chime. For the past few years, she very much enjoyed the personal visits and phone calls from her many friends and church family.
Dora is survived by her nephews, Hal Hastings and family of Dayton, OH, Stephen Bettis and his mother Tommie Bettis of Durant, OK, Robert Hastings and wife; nieces, Ruby Wiggins and family of Newalla, OK, Nancy Harvey and family of Midwest City, OK, Frankie Lynn Luker husband Lee and family of Shawnee, OK, Billie Faye Idell, Elizabeth Moore Fitzgerald husband Sam and family of Dallas, TX; very special and beloved friend, Debbie Ford Solomon of Frisco, TX; along with many other nieces, nephews, other relatives and many dear and loved friends.
Dora Lee was preceded in death by her parents, B.F. and Maudie  Hastings; brothers, Delbert Hastings, Lawrence Hastings, Tywman Hastings, Floyd Singletary, Troy Singletary, Leonard Singletary; sisters, Della Hastings Bettis, Mary Hastings Mustain, Mildred Singletary Wiggins.
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DATE OF SERVICES: 02:00 PM Monday, October 28th, 2024
PLACE OF SERVICES: Brown's Funeral Chapel, Atoka, Oklahoma
OFFICIATING: John Fugate and Randy Mashburn
INTERMENT: Green Meadows Cemetery, Atoka, Oklahoma
CASKETBEARERS: Stephen Keeler, Sean Keeler, Phillip Self, Steve Hyatt, Brandon Keeler, Michael Robinson
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: Johnny Self, Floyd Keeler, Randy Mashburn, Richard Lillard, David Youngblood, Men at South Atoka Church of Christ
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