Sidney LeRoy Moody

  Research Notes:

[1] Sidney LeRoy Moody, b 6 Aug 1902, Evansville, Douglas Co, MN; died 12 May 1991 Minot, Ward Co, ND
m. 12 Aug 1926, Burke Co, ND
Rose Theodora Tande [Torgerson], b 16 Sep 1906, Brown Co, MN; died 30 Aug 2002, Williams Co, ND

5 children: ; Dale M Moody, 1929-1966; Kenneth Lee Moody, 1946-2013; Opal b abt 1932
in ND, married Orlane S Maruskie [Battleview, ND]; and Robert Moody known as Bob [Williston] [2 'private']
Wallace Moody, 1927-2016


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re: Sidney
1940 US Census, Humbird, Bonner Co, ID; ED 9-26; sheet 3A; visit number 56 [line 33]
Sidney Moody, age 37 b in MN ; wife is NOT recorded; Apr 1935 at Bonner, ID;
son Wallace, age 13 b in ND
son Dale, age 10 b in ID [????]
daugther, Oper [??] - actually, Opal, age 8 [abt 1932], b in ID

1930 US Census, Colville, Burke, North Dakota; ED 8; Sheet 1B; dw/fam - 18/19
Sidney Moody, age 27 b in MN; married at age 24; farming
wife Hilma, age 22, b in MN [father b in Norway; mother b in MN]
son Wallace L, age 3 b in ND
son Dale M, age 8 months b in ND
son Dale, age 10 b in ID


Re: Kenneth Moody; findagrave id, 111951199; posted short obit
- died at age 66 on 7 Jun 2013 at Williston; served in Vietnam
- survived by his children, Kelly and Lynae Moody both of Williston ...3 grandchildren
- survived by brother Bob from Williston, and Wallace from Battlevew [ND] and sister:
Opal Maruskie, Battleview [abt 100 kms north east of Williston; abt 300 kms north west of Bismarck

RE: Wallace Moody; findagrave id 173440430; posted obit
- died at age 89 1 Dec 2016 at Bismarck care center; formerly from Battleview
- born at Powers Lake ND on 10 May 1927; at age 7 [abt 1924] his parents moved to Sandpoint ID
and father worked in the logging camps.
- married 4 Sep 1948, he married Alice Mae Melberg at Wildrose, ND and he farmed the Melberg farm
until he retired at age 80; moved to Bismarck, in Oct 2014
- survived by his wife Alice May; children, Sally (Pat) Golberg of Watford City ND; Ross and Alan Moody of
Bismarck and daughter in law Marlene Moody [likely married to son Jay
- survived by brother Robert (Kay) Moody, Battleview; sister, Opal Maruskie, Battleview.

RE: Opal Moody - married Orlane S Maruskie
his obit posted on Legacy.com
- died at age 78 on 12 May 2007 at the home of his daughter east of Tiogao; he was from Battleview
- internment at Bethel Cemetry
- survived by hs wfie Opal, 2 sons, Shannon and D-Jay both of Battleview, 3 daughters, Barbara Anderson from
Aurora, CO; Paulette Hersel, Tioga, and Sharon Knox of Williston ... grandchildren ... one sister, July Goettle
of Tioga [Williams Co, ND; abt 80 kms north east of Williston
[published by The Bismarck Tribune (ND) issue 15 May 2007, p 7]

a bit more detail on findagrave id 39585117 posted obit/bio
- Orlane Stephen Maruskie, b 26 Mar 1929, Burke Co, died 12 May 2007 at Williams Co, ND
- commonly known as Honky; raised on the family farm
- married to Opal Moody at Wildrose, ND on 1 Dec 1950
- served during the Korean conflict; corporal; transferred the Army Reserves in 1953 at TX;
discharged on 10 Dec 1956; enlisted 9 May 1951
- returned to the farm and ranch at Battleview; also worked in the oil field; drove school bus
- five children: ..... as above

Sidney married Rose Theodora Tande on 12 Aug 1926 in Burke Co, North Dakota, United States. (Rose Theodora Tande was born on 16 Dec 1906 in Brown Co, Minnesota, United States, died on 30 Aug 2002 in Williams Co, North Dakota, United States and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Burke Co, North Dakota, United States.)