Robert R. Moffatt, 97, a resident of Irving for sixty years, died Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at a Dallas hospice facility. Born December 31, 1923 in Coffeyville, Kansas, he was the son of the late Robert R. Moffatt and Lettie Erma Smith Moffatt. He was a World War II Marine veteran. A former newspaper print and type man, he owned and operated several printing companies and worked for the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald before starting his own commercial cleaning service. He married Ruby May Stilley June 16, 1946 in Coffeyville, Kansas. She preceded him in death June 17, 2016. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Pecan Gap.
Preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, Hazel, Mamie, and Thelma, and his wife Ruby, he is survived by two sons, Charlie Moffatt and wife Ruth of Irving and Jimmy Moffatt and wife Lee of Bugtussle, Texas; and three granddaughters, Valerie Loehr-Whittemore and husband Brett of Dallas, Nicole Loehr of Chicago, and Angelee Moffatt of Bugtussle, Texas.
The family will receive friends 6:00 8:00 p.m. Friday, July 30, 2021 at Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway. A family committal service will be held Saturday at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Ladonia, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Irving Veterans Memorial Park or to Oak Ridge Cemetery Association, 761 County RD.3475, Honey Grove, TX 75446
SERVICES
Visitation
Friday, July 30, 2021
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Colonial Funeral Home
606 West Airport Freeway
Irving, TX 75062
Committal Service
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Oak Ridge Cemetery
103682 FM 1550
Ladonia, TX 75449