Barbara Moore Fitzgerald

BARBARA MOORE FITZGERALD, 89

April 29, 1918 - November 22, 2007

Middletown- Born Barbara Hall Moore died on Thursday, November 22, 2007. She was 89 years old.

She was the daughter of George Loring and Cora Benton Moore of Old Greenwich, Conn. born April 29, 1918 in Bridgeport, Conn.

She graduated from the Women's College of the University of North Carolina in 1939 with a Bachelor of Arts. From 1942 to1945, she served as a WAVE in the United States Naval Reserve at the Naval Air Station in Squantum, Mass. as a Lieutenant Communications Watch Officer.

In 1947, she married William Henry Fitzgerald, Esq. of Florida, N.Y. and they settled in Middletown to raise a family. An active member of the community, she served on the Board of Orange County Home for Aged Women, the Board of Horton Hospital Auxiliary; she was a member of the Junior League and the First Presbyterian Church. Barbara's family all shared a love of Maine. In 1958, she and Bill purchased a house on Bailey Island in Casco Bay where they she spent many wonderful summers with family and friends. Barbara loved playing bridge and scrabble. An avid and voracious reader, she encouraged all of her children and grandchildren to read for pleasure and she was always ready to suggest a book. She was a New York Times Sunday crossword enthusiast and she imparted this passion to each of her children and grandchildren.

Barbara's beloved husband of 37 years, Bill, predeceased her on January 1, 1984.

She is survived by her four children: John Seward Fitzgerald and his wife, Abigail, of Camden, Maine, Barbara Fitzgerald Dubois and her husband, Carl, of Otisville, David Emerson Fitzgerald of Sanford, Maine, and Katherine Hall Fitzgerald of Camden, Maine; three grandchildren: Eliza Neall Fitzgerald Allen of Oxford, England, Austin Fitzgerald Dubois, Esq. of Philadelphia, Pa., and Griffin Carl Dubois of Astoria, N.Y.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband William, five siblings predeceased her: Gilbert Moore, Ruth Read, Marion Fossum, Olive Caird, and Esther Kilcrease.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27th in the First Presbyterian Church, 25 Orchard Street, Middletown, N.Y. The Reverend Daniel Morse will officiate. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family in the Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.Y.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Middletown Salvation Army, 80 West Main Street, Middletown, NY 10940, or to the Humane Society of Middletown, 142 Bloomingburg Road, Middletown, NY 10940.

Arrangements are under the direction of Cornelius, Dodd & Connell Funeral Home, Inc., 26 Grove Street, Middletown. To send a condolence to the family or for information you may visit www.connellfuneralhome.com. or 845-343-2142