Ethel Moore

September 29, 1930 - July 4, 2020

Edna (Ethel) Moore, age 89 passed away July 4th 2020 after a full rewarding life. She was born September 29th, 1930 in New York City to Lillian and Louis Mirtenbaum. She married Morris (Moogerman) Moore who preceded her death in 2015. Moving to Syracuse NY in her youth she went on to attend Syracuse University. She earned a degree in Chemistry, starting a career after graduation with Parke Davis Pharmaceuticals in Detroit Michigan. It was here in Detroit that she met Morris and was married. They started their family in Oak Park Michigan, later moving to West Bloomfield to raise two daughters and a son. She provided them with an awesome home, serving fairly good food and incredible baked goods (best Rugelach ever). Her Dodge Dart matched her consistent energy, which got everyone to where they were supposed to be. She enjoyed mahjong with her friends, crosswords, jigsaw puzzles and gardening. A voracious reader, she loved to travel—taking car trips with the family, never failing to visit the out of the way lighthouse—or with her husband to travel the world, overcoming his impatience to take in every museum she possibly could. For her daughters she instilled the lasting belief that “gender be damned, women can do everything men can and then some”! To her son she fostered a love of gardening that balanced the impatience he inherited from his old man. Her grandkids have been heard to say Grandma Edna “is beast”, she’s “the most blunt and badass Bubbie there is”. She is survived by her sister Grace Newman and brother-in-law Alfred Newman; her three children and their spouses, Lisa and Michael Kurek, Daniel and Natalie Moore, and Renee and Ken Womack; grandchildren, Max Kurek, Isabella Zuccarelli-Moore, Isaac Moore, and Henry Womack. Those interested in making a contribution to her lasting memory can honor Sophia (Sophie) Kurek, her talented granddaughter whose un-timely death came in 2014. Information can be found at the following link. http://dragonflykarma.com/sophies-fund/