Cora Margaret Moen was born January 22, 1918 to Christian and Ingri Stensland of rural Moorhead, MN. She attended Oak Mound School and later Interstate Business College. She was employed by Nobel Insurance Adjustment Company of Fargo. On October 6, 1956, she married Lester M. Moen at First Lutheran Church, Hunter, ND. They made their home in Fargo.
Cora died November 23, 2014 at Sanford Health Palliative Care in Fargo, ND. She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Sue Moen, South Jordan, Utah; and three grandchildren, Penny (Brandon) Scow, Magna, Utah; Krista (Zachary) Smith, Taylorsville, Utah; and Jeremy Moen, South Jordan, Utah. She is also survived by one great-granddaughter, Amelia Claire Scow.