Obituary of Mary F. Moore

Moore, Mary F. (nee Feenan) age 90 of Seaside Heights, went home to God on November 8, 2012. Mary was born on August 8, 1922 in Paterson to John and Nellie Feenan. She married Richard W. Moore on January 12, 1946 in St. John's Cathedral, Paterson. Richard went home to God before her on April 1, 1972. Mary leaves to cherish her memory their eight children. Rosemary Finnegan and her husband Daniel, Eileen Moore, Richard Moore and his wife Dale, Frank Moore, Bernadette Giovannitti and her husband Anthony, Kevin Moore and his wife Dawn, Mary Ellen Hawley and her husband Michael, and Maureen Cucinella and her husband John. She is also surived by her 16 grandchildren Brendan Finnegan, Aidan Finnegan, Jennifer Coakley and her husband Michael, George Schweidereick, Richard Schweidereick and his wife Kelly, Jamie Schweidereick, Rick Moore and his wife Susan, Travis Moore, Kyle Moore, Nicole Moore, Danielle Giovannitti, Amanda Moore, Leigh-Anne Moore, Michael Hawley and his wife Kimberly, Richard Hawley and Alexis Cucinella, as well as her 12 great-grand children, her brother John H. Feenan and his wife Mary, many nieces and nephews, and her dear friend and caregiver Nata. Mary was predeceased by her parents, husband, one brother Monsignor J. Francis Feenan and two grandsons Richard W. Moore and Michael Lowenstein Moore. Mary was an active member of St. Mary's Church, Paterson, where she was ordained as a Eucharistic Minister. Upon moving to Seaside Heights, she became an active member of St. Catherine's Church, Seaside Park. In her early years she was a secretary at Curtis Wright and a legal secretary to Edward Weiss, Attorney. Later in life she also worked as a secretary to Bishop Casey and Bishop Rodimer of the Paterson Diocese. Before retiring to South Jersey she was the secretary to the Salesian Sisters at Mary Help of Christians Academy, North Haledon. Mary had a deep felt passion and a profound love for the Roman Catholic Church and to our Heavenly Father. She devoted her whole life and all her energies to her family and to her faith! She will be greatly missed! Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the Festa Memorial Funeral Home, 111 Union Blvd, Totowa, on Tuesday at 10:30 AM. Funeral Mass to follow at St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly - Little Sisters of the Poor, 140 Shepherds Lane, Totowa at 11:00 AM. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa. Friends may call Monday 2-4 & 7-9 PM, at the funeral home.