Glenna Moore

Glenna was a prominent antiques dealer in Naples for 40 years. The first 20 years were in the shop she opened at 465 Fifth Ave South.

Her good taste and judgement and her instinct for quality earned her a dedicated clientele. In later years she maintained booths in group-shops, first in the Antique Emporium and then in Chesterdales.

Glenna was also known for her efforts on behalf of animals. She served on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Naples. She financed construction of one of the cat recreation rooms, and underwrote a program to cover the expenses of persons adopting older cats. In 2001 she received the society’s annual Walter Turken Award.

Her education included public schools in Grand Rapids, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, and studies at the University of Chicago.

After college she set out to do “what I wanted, when I wanted, and where I wanted”. She traveled extensively in Europe and Latin America, with extended stays in Paris, France and San Cristobal Las Casas, Mexico. Returning to the United States, she lived in New York (Greenwich Village ) and then San Francisco; in these places she was acquainted with Beat Generation poets and authors.

Glenna met her husband-to-be, Stuart Koff, in San Francisco on New Years Eve,1966, but they didn’t marry until 1970. Stuart was living in Silverton, Colorado, working winter construction. Glenna came to Silverton for a visit, stayed, did her best to keep the coal fires burning, and on the last day of February,1970 they were married in the old county courthouse.

Silverton is a historic old mining town of 700 people, 9,300 feet up in the San Juan Mountains. In summer, the town’s population doubles every noon when a 19th Century narrow-gauge railroad train arrives full of tourist for a three-hour stay. Glenna took advantage of this by opening her first shop, which she ran for nine years, successfully selling antiques and Indian Jewelry. The couple wintered some of these years in Bernalillo, New Mexico, where Glenna traded with the Indians on the reservation.

In late 1978, the couple spent a week in Naples, guests of her parents who were seasonal-residents. By the first week in 1979 they had commenced the permanent move to Naples.

Glenna is survived by her husband of 57 years, Stuart Koff. Stuart wishes to thank Avow Hospice of Naples for their wonderful support during the last weeks of Glenna’s life.

A Celebration of Life Service will take place Wednesday, July 1, at 5:30 PM at Hodges Funeral Home at Naples Memorial Gardens, 525 111th Ave N, Naples, FL 34108.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Avow Hospice of Naples and the Humane Society of Naples.