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Joseph Mooney Obituary

Joseph MOONEY Joe Mooney was born in Butte,MT, on May 17, 1943, to Anne (Myers) and Thomas Joseph Mooney. He passed away in Seattle on April 8, 2011. He married Kay (Crotty) on September 10, 1966. Joe began his 30 year career atthe Seattle Post-Intelligencer on March 21, 1967. He served alternately as a sportswriter, member of the editorial board, columnist, and general assignment reporter. Joe is survived by his wife Kay of 44 years, his children Matt, Zack and Jatheen Mooney, and Beth Mulligan (Mike), his grandchildren Kathleen and Reilly Mulligan, and he-wished- she-were-his-daughter Jeong Eun Kim. The eldest of nine siblings, Joe is also survived by sisters Diane (Darold) Eberhardt; Theresa (Jim) Blazek; Mary (Brian) Harrison; Jeanne (Frank) Cannon; Jodi (Terry) Holzwarth; and Toni (Marty) Doornbos; his brothers Ed (Peggy) Mooney and Mike (Jill) Mooney. Please consider a donation to the Northwest Kidney Foundation or your favorite charity. http://www.nwkidney.org/nkc/donate/ways/ tribute_mooney.html

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Published by The Seattle Times on Apr. 14, 2011.

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Scotty Anderson

April 23, 2011

Met Joe in 1978 when I joined the P-I as a sports copy boy. Since we were both native Montanans, we naturally hit it off. Joe had an understated humor. A real craftsman with words. One time I covered a high school basketball game involving his son. I made sure to work in the lad's name. I I know he appreciated it. Have a lot of wonderful memories of Joe.

April 18, 2011

Kay,
I was so sorry to hear about your loss. May an encompassing grace surround you and your family in the days ahead.

In deepest sympathy,
Julie Peterson

Joni Cervenka

April 15, 2011

Although I was not fortunate enough to know Joe, I can tell from the tributes Zack, Beth, Matt and Jatheen shared at his service that he was a very special man indeed. My heart goes out to all of his family in this sad time. May those memories both recent and from years gone by, provide you with strength to face this time, laughter when you need it most and joy in knowing that you all shared in such a special life. My thoughts are with you.

Jon Hahn

April 15, 2011

Joe Mooney was a mensch in the best sense of the word. A gentle man with a pure gold soft touch in his spoken and written voice. And what a observer and scribe...he found and wrote about things in ways that reached our hearts and our funny bones. Joe was a good friend, a good colleague and the best all-around natural writer I've ever read or worked with. Our prayers are for him, and with his family.
-Jon & June Hahn
Woodinville, WA

Dave Cunningham

April 14, 2011

Kay,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. God bless and take care.
Dave

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