She was married to the late Walter E. Moore for 66 years. She was born to Elsie Specht and Louis George Bub on July 18, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Virginia graduated from Cleveland Heights High School receiving a 4-year scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Art for her outstanding ability in the art field.
In 1943 she received her Teaching Degree and Fine Arts Degree from Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Arts.
Married to Walter E. Moore in 1942 they moved to Urbana, Ohio where she served as Supervisor of Art Education in the public school system and taught at Urbana College and the Springfield, Ohio Art Center.
Virginia was a deacon and elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Urbana, Ohio where some of her many religious paintings are displayed. She also continued to paint and teach art in her home studio. Virginia and Walter retired in 1986 to Kissimmee, FL where Virginia joined the Osceola Center for the Arts becoming the Director of Exhibits and a member of the Osceola Creative Arts League. Virginia exhibited in and judged several Art League shows. She had two one-woman art shows at the Art Center along with her daughter, Dianne Green an art teacher at Osceola High School. Virginia is especially known for her water-colour portraits and her original watercolour compositions. Virginia loved people and found beauty within their souls through the hundreds of personal expressive portraits she painted. She was a loving and inspirational mother and teacher to her 5 children and students. Many of Virginia’s original paintings are on permanent display at the Art Center, the Kissimmee City Hall, Good Samaritan Village, and throughout Ohio and Florida.
She had 5 children: Sarah Bonnie Moore (deceased), James (Sue) and Steve (Jennifer) Moore of Kissimmee, FL; Dale (Roberta) Moore of Sanford, Michigan; Dianne (Jack) Frestel of Sarasota, FL, as well as 9 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Grissom Funeral Home in Kissimmee, Fl. The memorial service and interment will be held at a later date due to the coronavirus.
Memorial Contributions can be made to Osceola Arts care of any of her children or through the Grissom Funeral Home. https://www.dignitymemorial.com
The Osceola Arts, 2411 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34744, https://www.osceolaarts
The Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 E Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106. https://www.cia.edu/donate
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