Cleo Roosevelt Moore

Cleo Roosevelt Moore was born on March 11th 1930 in Florence, NJ, to

James Wilbert Moore and Ida Mae Kornegay, second of two boys and the

sixth child. He passed on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 at his

daughter’s home in New Castle Delaware.

Roosevelt, as his Philadelphia family called him, received his early

education from Florence Township, NJ. Right after school, he enlisted

in the Air Force and loved serving his country as an M.P. in the

Korean War.

After his Honorable Discharge, Roosevelt moved to Philadelphia and

worked in a cluster of jobs in and around the area as: a mail carrier

at the Philadelphia Post Office, a driver for Schmidt’s Beer, and one

of a few black milkmen in that era. In his later years, he retired

from the University of Pennsylvania as an office assistant.

Roosevelt was a faithful member of the Deliverance Evangelic Church in

Philadelphia, PA and He was also a Mason. His interests included

airplanes and animals so he spend his pastime attending air shows, dog

shows, horse shows and business expos. He was huge on family and

friends and attended every family function.

Roosevelt was preceded in death by his father, James Wilbert Moore and

mother Ida Mae Kornegay of Florence NJ, his brother Alphonso Moore of

New Jersey, his sisters Lilly Mae Winborn, Pearlletta Stuart, Ida

Dorothy Moore and Ester Franklin all of Pennsylvania.

Roosevelt is survived by his daughters Ronda Ruff of North Carolina

and Lisa Hopson of Delaware; his son Mark Moore of Delaware; his

grandsons Asher Hopson of Delaware and Jordan Siar; of Pennsylvania;

his granddaughter Rayna Hopson of Delaware; his great-grandson Jaymier

Siar of Pennsylvania and a slew of family and friends in and around

the Philadelphia area.