Dora Sue Moorer Miskel died July 24, 2008. Death followed a 20+ year battle with breast cancer. Cremation has taken place and a grave side service will be held for family and friends at the Camargo Cemetery on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
Sue was born October 9, 1939 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The youngest of four children, Sue's parents Margaret Bowling Moorer and Charles Allen Moorer, Jr. held high expectations and fully supported their two sons and two daughters. They provided each of them with encouragement for all the endeavors they chose, especially their pursuits of all the education each one might attain.
Sue graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1957 and was granted a full scholarship to attend Texas Woman's in Denton, TX. Graduating in 1961 with a B.S. degree in Home Economics Education, she was employed that fall to teach in the Dallas Independent School District. She also taught in Fredonia, NY, Irving, TX High School, and Stillwater, OK High School.
In April 1963 she married Bill Gieb, also an educator. They were married until his death in Dallas in December 1964 following major surgery.
In the fall of 1966 Sue returned to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater to complete her M.S. degree in home economics education and child development. During this time she met Cecil Miskel, who had also returned to complete his M.S. degree. They were married on May 29, 1967 in Stillwater, OK.
Sue and Cecil moved to Seiling, OK where he served as high school principal for one year. They returned to Stillwater for Cecil to complete his doctorate and Sue taught home economics for two years at Stillwater High School.
During the summer of 1970, the couple moved to Lawrence, KS, where Cecil was employed as an assistant professor of education at the University of Kansas. They made their home in Lawrence for 12 years. While in Lawrence Sue was active in the University Women's Club, serving as its president in 1981. She also pursued her teaching interests thru tailoring classes for several years. Sue also reestablished her interest in studying piano and continued that avocation through the years. In 1982 they moved to Salt Lake City, UT where Cecil assumed a new position at the University of Utah. After six years Sue and Cecil moved to Ann Arbor, MI to assume a position at the University of Michigan. During their times in Salt Lake City and Ann Arbor, she and Cecil entertained faculty and friends, often drawing on her ability to make the environment for faculty and friends open, congenial, and enjoyable.
During her 20 plus years in Ann Arbor, Sue found many outlets for her interests and made significant contributions to a variety of organizations. She served on the boards of Michigan League and the Ann Arbor Thrift Shop, actively volunteered in the Ann Arbor Thrift Shop, as well as other service groups. Sue loved to read, play the piano, and enjoyed her many friends.
Survivors include her husband Cecil, her brothers and their wives, William and Helen Moorer and Charles Allen and Ruth Moorer, brother-in-law Clarence Hogan his wife, Joan, and several nieces and nephews, and Mac—their beloved Siamese kitty. Sue was preceded in death by a son, Michael Stanley, and a daughter, Dana Renee on September 7, 1971, and her parents, Margaret and Charles Allen Moorer, and her sister, Jeanne Moorer Hogan.
Sue requested that contributions in her memory be made to the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center for breast cancer research in care of Dr. Robert F. Todd III, 3100 Taubman Ctr., Univ. of MI, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
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