Mary Angeline JOHNSON
Obituary
WEBSTER Mary Angeline (Johnson) Moore, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, passed from this life on Friday, March 28, 2008, after a brief, intense struggle with acute leukemia. She died at home with the constant and loving care of her family with the support of Worcester VNA Hospice. She was born on November 30, 1922, the third child of Mary (Osinski) and Peter Johnson, and she graduated from Bartlett High School in 1940. She married the love of her life, Robert Walsh Moore, in 1941, and they recently celebrated their sixty-seventh anniversary.
n addition to her husband, she is survived by six loving children: four sons, Garrett and his wife Bonnie, James and his wife Mary, Robert and Jonathan; and two daughters, Melissa Morneau and Kristina Fleming. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She also leaves a sister, Irene Zajac, and a brother, Peter Johnson. She was predeceased by a sister, Bernice Pratt Geppert, and a son-in-law, Clarence Morneau. She also leaves many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Mary also helped to raise five foster children and supported an underprivileged child through the Christian Children's Fund.
Although Mary lived most of her life focused on her family as a homemaker, she touched the lives of many with her beautiful gardens and needlework and an active correspondence with friends throughout the world.
After cremation, there will be a Funeral Mass at Saint Louis Church, 15 Lake Street, Webster, MA, at 10 AM on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
If you wish, memorial contributions in her name may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 9025, Pittsfield, MA 01202-9025 or Christian Children's Fund, 2821 Emerywood Parkway, Richmond, VA 23294.
Sansoucy Funeral Home in Southbridge, MA, is handling arrangements.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Worcester, Massachusetts
April 1, 2008
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