Joan, age 88, was born and raised in Southeast Portland all her life. She graduated from Lents Grade School and Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon.
She was married to Loren (Mike) Moore for 50 years. He preceded her in death. She had two sons, Sean of Alaska, who preceded her in death, and Darin of Bend; four granddaughters, Maddie, Monica, Bethany & Brooke, one grandson, Callahan; and three great grandchildren, with one on the way.
In her teens, she loved to roller skate with her close friend, Carol, at the Oaks Rink. Later in life after her kids were raised, she again took up the sport and introduced her two oldest granddaughters at the age of five, to the sport and competition.
Joan was a homebody. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, gardening, her home and her dogs. She loved Oregon, but not the rain.
She was a bookkeeper all her life.
She retired from Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Hospital after 20 years in the hospital business office as a Credit Interview/Patient Account Representative. Before that, she spent ten years with Portland Billing Services for fifteen doctors as a bookkeeper/office manager, and ten years with Northwest Natural Gas Company as a biller.
