Josephine Moore

Josephine Moore was born in Portland, Oregon March 18, 1931, the daughter of Italian immigrants Amedeo and Isabella Ciotti. Her older brother Jimmy V. Ciotti died in November of 1980. Like many Italians, she and her family faced severe hardships with poverty and discrimination . Nevertheless, with hard work and an undying faith in God, Josephine grew to be a remarkable woman.

She married John Moore on August 9, 1952 and were blessed with 4 sons, Steve (Cheryl), David, John and Daniel (Shelly). She is also survived by beautiful granddaughters Burgandy, Annalisha, Adrianna, Olivia, Valentina and Chelsea, granddaughter in law Alicia and a great granddaughter Gabriella. She is preceded in death by grandchildren Dustin, Emily and Alexandria Moore and great grandson Jayden.

Josephine was the true matriarch of our family in every sense. Her home was always welcome to family and friends. It seemed like every week, she hosted wonderful meals and on Holidays we were gifted with her incredible ravioli and Italian meatballs! She was a master of the Italian language and was an instructor of Italian through Portland Community College and also taught Italian cooking. She had a steadfast love of God and her Catholic faith which anchored her during difficult times. We were so blessed to have had her in our lives and will miss her deeply!

In lieu of flowers, donations to Good Samaritan Ministries are welcome as well as St Vincent de Paul (Church of St Cecilia Conference) are welcome.