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Cicely Mary Moore of Southampton died on April 26 at Geer Nursing Home in Canaan, Connecticut, after a long struggle with dementia, with her family by her side. She was 101.
A resident of Southampton for more than 50 years, she was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church choir. She belonged to the Happy Homemakers, where she taught Japanese embroidery, chair caning and reverse painting on glass. She and her husband were avid round dancers and were affiliated with the Seaside Swingers Square Dance Club and had danced internationally. She and her husband were inveterate bird watchers, naturalists and proponents of animal rights and conservation.
Ms. Moore was born in Clevedon, Somerset, England. At age 15, she went into service in London as a lady’s maid to the wife of a member of Parliament. When that job became too demanding, she returned to Clevedon, where she worked with others of her family at the then highly regarded Hale’s Bakery. During that time, she met and married Thomas Allestree Moore. In 1948, after enduring years of continual bombing and deprivation during and after World War II, the couple and their daughter emigrated to Canada, where, under the clock at the Toronto Railway Station, they met for the first time the family that had offered to host them. In 1950, the family was finally able to come to the United States.
Ms. Moore is survived by her daughter, Carolyn Calandro and husband Ed of Connecticut; a grandson, Jamie Calandro and wife Dympna; and a great-grandson, Bryson. She is also survived by a sister, Sybil Marie Bunyan of England, and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Thomas Allestree Moore; and eight of her nine siblings.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, www.alz.org.
on May 11, 2015