Thomas Moran
April 26, 2011
Thomas Patrick “Pat” Moran, 68, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at Iowa Health Hospice Taylor House in Des Moines. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m., Monday, May 2, 2011, at All Saints Catholic Church, 650 NE 52nd Avenue, Des Moines. The family will greet visitors one hour prior to service time at the church.
Pat was born January 25, 1943, in Des Moines, IA, to Thomas and Florence (Fenton) Moran. He attended All Saints School and graduated Dowling High School in 1961. He later attended Mount St. Paul College in Waukesha, WI.
Pat worked in the food service industry his whole life, working in the family business at Moran’s Cafeteria and most recently, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in the food service area. He enjoyed fishing and reading.
Pat is survived by his brothers, Jim (Sandi) Moran of Des Moines, and John (Carol) Moran of Story City; his sister, Jane (Bob) Sukup of Ankeny; his nephews and nieces, Jim (Kristan) Moran, Meg (Jack) Daugherty, Bridget (Matt Lester) Moran all of Des Moines; Erin (Trent) DeVreugd of Kansas City, MO; Mindy Denning of Bolivar, MO; Kerri Moran of Laurel, MD; and Tim Moran of West Des Moines; as well as many great-nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Jerry; and nephew, Rich Moran.
Memorial contributions may be made to All Saints Catholic Church in loving memory of Pat.
Online condolences may be made to:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Cheryl Hoeg
05/07/2011
I only knew Tom through work but I have to say he was one of the kindest people I had ever met. Always saying hi and asking how your day was going.
All of us that knew him will surely miss him.
James E. Mincks
04/30/2011
Very sorry to hear of Tom's passing. My mother, Doris Rae Howard, worked for Moran's whem they were on Locust across from the Des Moines Register, and later when they moved to the basement space under Katz Drug. As a little kid I can still remember sitting on one of the stools in Moran's Cafe. Tom was always good to me on my birthday. I really miss those days. Mom is still alive. She was the head waitress in the Cafe, when it was on the alleyway on the southside of Locust. The alley is still there, but now it only runs between the newspaper buliding and the Marriott Hotel.
Again, my fullest sympathies to the Moran family. James "little Jimmy" Mincks.
Bonnie Hart
04/30/2011
Jane:
I am so sorry for the loss of your brother. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Bonnie Hart
Dick Murphy
04/30/2011
Please accept my condolences on your loss. If it may provide a little cheer to you, I would like you to know that a classmate of Pat's at All Saints. In first and second grade, Pat was the leader of "Pat Moran's Gang." We ran around the playground making sure everything was O.K. Then our leader moved away. He returned later, but, by then, the gang had disbanded. But the memory lives on.
Cinda Madden Yates
04/29/2011
God bless you and your family.
Sophia Eckert
04/28/2011
Jane,
I am very sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts.
Sophia
Mary Clouse
04/28/2011
Jane: so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Barb Vajgrt
04/28/2011
Jane Sukup & family,
My deepest sympathy to your family on your lose of your brother. May you have confort to know your brother is in heaven with God.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all
Barb Vajgrt
Vicki Berberich
04/28/2011
Dear Moran Family,
My name is Vicki Berberich, I had the pleasure of working with Tom in the Food and Nutrition department at Iowa Methodist Medical Center for many years, I so enjoyed working with Tom, his quiet humble, kind, gentle manner will always be what comes to mind when I think of Tom. I left the department 14 years ago to another position at the hospital though would continue to run into Tom in the hallways, Tom would always stop to chat, he was a great guy and I feel blessed to have known him
Sending all of you my sympathy
God Bless
Vicki Berberich