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Doris Ida Mooney Neu

Birth	:	15 May 1918 Conrad, Pondera County, Montana, USA
Death	:	3 Jan 2014 Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Philipsburg Cemetery, Philipsburg, Granite County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.3408990, -113.2961010
Description	:	*Doris Ida Mooney* Neu 1918 - 2014 Father: Earl Edwin Mooney Mother: Mary Almira Sanders Mooney Spouse: Clyde Joseph Neu Early Life: Firstborn of four children to Earl Edwin and Mary Almira Sanders Mooney, pioneer homesteaders on a small farm near the community of Manson, Montana. Life's Work/Service/Interests:** Doris graduated from Conrad High School in 1936 and worked at the Federal Land Bank office and Pondera County Abstract Company before enrolling in the fall of 1937 at University of Montana in Missoula. After working the next summer at Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier, she returned to school... Read More	*Doris Ida Mooney* Neu 1918 - 2014 Father: Earl Edwin Mooney Mother: Mary Almira Sanders Mooney Spouse: Clyde Joseph Neu Early Life: Firstborn of four children to Earl Edwin and Mary Almira Sanders Mooney, pioneer homesteaders on a small farm near the community of Manson, Montana. Life's Work/Service/Interests: Doris graduated from Conrad High School in 1936 and worked at the Federal Land Bank office and Pondera County Abstract Company before enrolling in the fall of 1937 at University of Montana in Missoula. After working the next summer at Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier, she returned to school for two more semesters and was inducted into the Alpha Phi Sorority. The following summer, she went to work for the U.S. Post Office. In the summer of 1942, she met Clyde Joseph Neu, who worked at Fort Missoula for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. They married on September 1, 1943, in the garden of her landlord's home on East Beckwith Avenue and honeymooned at Echo Lake Lodge, south of Philipsburg. In the spring of 1944, Clyde was transferred to the War Assets Procurement Division of the U.S Treasury Department; they moved to Butte where sons, Clyde and James, were born. During World War II, she joined the American Women Voluntary Service Organization and passed needed items to soldiers coming through Butte on troop trains. They moved to Clyde's native Philipsburg in the summer of 1947, where he opened a War Surplus store and son, David, was born. Soon the War Surplus store gave way to a men's clothing business followed by Neu's the Family Store, a full men's and women's department store, which operated from 1958 to 1962 during the waning days of the town's mining industry. In Philipsburg, as Doris liked to say, her children "were raised by the entire community." In the fall of 1965, they moved to Helena with David, where she took a job with the State Advertising Department while Clyde worked as Assistant Secretary of State. From 1967 to 1969, she worked in the office of the Montana Democratic Central Committee and as personal secretary for Congressman Arnold Olson in his office in Helena. She returned to state government as a research librarian of the Department of Intergovernmental Relations and the Department of Community Affairs where she retired in 1983. Having raised her children in the Catholic faith of her husband, she was baptized and confirmed into the Church in 1979 by Father Kevin O'Neil, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Community. Their marriage was blessed in a joyous celebration in December of that year. After retirement, she and Clyde continued to enjoy summer visits by her grandchildren and traveled widely to wherever her so, Jim, a career Air Force Officer, and his wife CathE, were stationed, including: New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. After Clyde died in January of 1993, her penchant for travel continued, including trips to Great Britain, Boston, California and shorter trips to Canada and the Northwest. Doris loved the outdoors and visited Big Sky every Christmas and summer with her dog, Shongo, they enjoyed many leisurely hours with her children and grandchildren. In 1998, at the age of 80, she learned to cross-country ski on the Big Sky Golf Course. In May of 2007, she left her home in Helena, her beloved St. Mary's parish and her work as a volunteer archivist for the Friends of the State Historical Society, and moved to Missoula to be nearer her family. Not long after settling into Grizzly Peak Independent Retirement Residence, she began reading in the "Reading and Listening" reading group and continued her interest in Montana history. She remained an avid reader until a few months before her passing and enjoyed the numerous activities provided by the staff, particularly the "style shows" which hearkened back to the time she modeled clothes as a young college girl at a dress shop in Missoula. Doris Ida Mooney Neu died Friday, January 3, 2014, at her home in Missoula. She was 95. Survived By: Her sister, Georgia and husband, Ted Garnett of Conrad; sister, JoAnne Swenson of Kalispell; sons, Clyde Neu of Missoula; James Neu of San Pedro, CA and their wives, Judi (White) Neu and CathE (Curnow) Neu; son, David of Missoula; grandchildren: James C. Neu of Park City, UT; Jessica Neu Akciz of Altadena, CA and their spouses, Jeanna (Campbell) Neu and Sinan Akciz; step-grandsons: Mark Joyner of Joplin, MO; Jim Joyner of Silverton, OR; and Tim Joyner of Hamilton, MT; and their wives, Amy (Radonich) Joyner and Jennifer (Avery) Joyner; great-grandsons: Liam Neu, Ethan Neu and Kurt Akciz; step-great-grandchildren: Alannah Erskine, Hanna Joyner Hackney (spouse Nate), Katelyn, Hope, Lauren, Jackson, Avery and Mark Joyner; and step-great-great-grandson, Jack Hackney. Preceded In Death By: Her husband, Clyde, in 1993; her parents; and brother, James William Mooney, in 2007. Services: Vigil and Funeral Mass @ Blessed Trinity Catholic Comm. \| Interment, family plot in Philipsburg overlooking Flint Creek Valley. Obituary:** Missoulian \| 6 Jan 2014 Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley

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Doris Ida Mooney Neu's memorial is located at: Philipsburg Cemetery, Philipsburg, Granite County, USA.
When did Doris Ida Mooney Neu death?
Doris Ida Mooney Neu death on 3 Jan 2014 in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 46.3408990
Longitude: -113.2961010

Family Members:

Parent

Earl Edwin Mooney

(1895 - 1983)

Mary Almira Sanders Mooney

(1896 - 1996)

Spouse

Joseph Clyde Neu

(1903 - 1993)

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