Shirley M. Moore

PARIS — Shirley Mason Moore, 90, died on November 14, 2012 at Market Square Health Care Center in South Paris. She was born on August 31, 1922, in Marshall, TX, to Lucile Cutrer and James G. Mason. She attended St. Mary’s Academy next door to her home and excelled at her studies. At age 16, she went to St. Joseph College of Nursing in Fort Worth, Texas, where she became an R.N. in 1940 at age 18.

In 1942, she married Robert E. Moore and moved to New Philadelphia, OH, where she lived and worked as a housewife and mother. Her son, Robert E. Moore, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Judy Meese Moore, reside in New Philadelphia, and owned an accounting firm in Dover, OH. In 1956, Mr. and Mrs. Moore adopted a daughter. Today, Lisa Moore and son-in-law, Lee Margolin, live and work in Harrison.

She was a gifted bridge player and word-puzzle solver. She crocheted dozens of beautiful afghans for family, friends and charities. She baked the best pies, especially lemon meringue and banana cream.

Mrs. Moore is also survived by two brothers, Perry Mason of Beaumont, TX and Wayne Mason of Ft. Worth, TX and a sister, Sylvia Kerestine of Ft. Worth. She has five grandchildren: Shelley Moore of Goshen, IN; Doug Moore of Canton, OH; Bryan Moore of Columbus, OH; Tony Durso of Boston, MA and Sam Margolin of Harrison. She is predeceased by her parents, two sisters, Norma and Corrine, and her husband, Bob, in 1979.

She moved to Maine in November 2009.

Private family services will be held at Sacred Heart Church, where she was a devoted parishioner. She will be buried at Calvary Cemetery in New Philadelphia, OH. Arrangements under the care of Oxford Hills and Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main St., Oxford. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www,oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com.

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Shirley M. Moore