Photo: Delmar Moore

Delmar Moore, Rock Island, celebrated his 85th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 12, with a family dinner.

He was born Feb. 8, 1927, in Knoxville, Ill. He is an Army veteran, having served in the 120th Station Hospital in Germany.

He graduated from Rock Island High School in 1945, and Olivet Nazarene College in 1951. He married Donna Husemann on June 22, 1957, in Rushville, Ill.

He was employed by the former Augustana Book Concern and Bear Manufacturing, and retired from Augustana College in 1992.

His children are Martha (Ken) Wynes, Milan; and Daniel (Deborah) Moore, Rock Island. He has five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.