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Kenneth B. Moore was born in Berkeley, California on January 11,
\n1941, to Lonzo B and Betty Lou Moore. His 9-year-old brother Don
\nwelcomed him home.\u00a0 Ken died on May 26, 2022, at the age of 81years. He
\nis preceded in death by his father, mother, brother, and first wife
\nNettie.<\/p>\n
Ken\u2019s father, Lonzo, died when he was 6 years old but was a guiding
\ninfluence through his life.\u00a0 Lonzo was a teacher for a college in
\nBerkeley when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Most of Lonzo’s students were
\narrested because they were Japanese. This was the first experience that
\ncontributed to Ken\u2019s later call to a ministry with disenfranchised
\nmembers of society. His family returned to Oklahoma City where Lonzo
\nresumed his former position as an attorney writing laws for the Oklahoma
\n Legislature. Lonzo also co-authored newspaper articles advocating
\nwomen\u2019s rights, another experience which contributed to Ken\u2019s call to
\nministry and exposed him to the plight of those in less powerful
\npositions.<\/p>\n
After his father\u2019s death, Ken and his family moved to Memphis,
\nTennessee.\u00a0 He graduated from college in 1963 and felt called to
\nminister to people in need. However, Ken was drafted into the Army in
\n1963 and spent 2 years as an aide in the Physical Therapy Clinic at Ft.
\nBragg, NC.\u00a0 Following his years of service, Ken married Nettie Bergman.
\nThey had twin sons– Jonathan Mark and David Matthew. Ken then completed
\n his first master’s degree in Old Testament.\u00a0 Following completion of
\nseminary, Ken was called into the ministry of law enforcement. As a law
\nenforcement officer, Ken served 20 years as patrol officer,
\ninvestigator, undersheriff, sheriff, and chief of police. Additionally,
\nKen served 17 years as a Special Agent in the Army Reserve Criminal
\nInvestigation Command (CID). As appointed Sheriff of Dickinson County,
\nKen hired the first female patrol deputy for that department. Ken also
\nworked closely with the local domestic violence\/sexual assault center
\nand with drug\/alcohol counselors to establish an emergency hotline for
\nDickinson County.<\/p>\n
Ken later moved to Hutchinson and taught criminal justice for 15
\nyears.\u00a0 Many of his former students work in the criminal justice system,
\n especially law enforcement. Ken married Dr. Carol Schrock Miller at
\nFirst Mennonite Church in Hutchinson, KS, and became a stepfather to her
\n three children, Kristine, James, and Katharine.<\/p>\n
Following retirement from teaching, Ken worked part-time doing
\nin-home family therapy with families involved in juvenile court
\nthrough-out southcentral Kansas.\u00a0 He then became Director of Reno County
\n Community Corrections where he helped develop a drug court that
\ncontinues to serve the community today. Ken continued his work with
\nfamilies as a mediator in Restorative Justice\u2019s family group
\nconferencing with juvenile offenders and their victims in Wichita and
\nReno County. He also served as a member of the Kansas Advisory Group to
\nthe Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority and represented the State of
\nKansas on the federal Juvenile Justice Committee for the U.S. Justice
\nDepartment’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Ken
\nreturned to law enforcement in 2013 as Cawker City’s law enforcement and
\n code enforcement officer. He retired from his service in 2018.<\/p>\n
Ken is survived by his wife Dr. Carol Moore, his children Jonathan
\n(wife Shelly of Abilene, KS and their daughters \u2013 Rachael, (husband
\nCody, Salina, KS), Alyssa (husband Richie and daughter Nora, Salina,
\nKS), and Katie (Abilene, KS)), and David (wife Staci, Little Rock, AK),
\nand stepchildren Kristine (husband Dr. Scott Sullivan, Augusta, KS and
\nchildren Zoe and David), James (wife Regina Miller, Wichita, KS and
\ntheir children Cameron and Camille), and Dr. Katharine Miller (Las
\nVegas, NV).<\/p>\n
From Ken:\u00a0 I have had the most amazing life. I owe everything
\nwonderful in my story to my God. I have seen God throughout my life.
\nThank you, my God, for your almost daily showing yourself alive in
\nsituations I had limited control over. I felt like Joseph in the Bible,
\n\u201cThe Lord was with him and the Lord blessed everything he did.\u201d\u00a0 Genesis
\n 39:3.\u00a0 Shalom, Salaam, and Peace to all.<\/p>\n
Memorial service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at First
\nMennonite Church, 52 Rambler Road, Hutchinson, with Pastors Tonya Wenger
\n and Jim Unruh officiating.\u00a0 Burial will follow in the church
\ncolumbarium.\u00a0 Military honors will be conducted by the Fort Riley Honor
\nGuard.\u00a0 Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at
\nElliott Mortuary.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to The Zone (a youth
\nministry for unchurched with disadvantaged youth in Reno County, Hospice
\n and HomeCare of Reno County, or Mennonite Central Committee (for the
\nbenefit of the Restorative Justice program), in care of Elliott Mortuary
\n and Crematory, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n