Clare Moore posting in regard to the passing of her mother Moya Moore

On Friday Moya Moore's funeral was held at St Raphaels church in Adelaide. She had passed away the previous Sunday, in a nursing home.
I thought I'd post Clare Moore's words here which - with much trepidation- she posted on social media. Trepidation because it still sems strange to share such intimate events in such an open area. But we have learned that people need to find out things somehow and not everybody reads the newspapers. Posting it here because, well not everybody is connected on scoial media either.

Luckily Clare had justby chance been in Adelaide  just the week before doing a show and all of her brothers and sisters were as well. (Half of whom live in Sydney and Melbourne).
Clare's father Brian passed away in January.

"My wonderful, gorgeous,witty and wise mother, Moya died on Sunday. Born in 1929, in Streaky Bay,  great granddaughter of the first Greek person to migrate to SA, her family moved to Prospect where her first job after leaving SAC was as personal assisstant to RM Williams at the Percy st factory. She and dad were publicans, firstly at the National Hotel Pirie St Adelaide (later named The Tivoli) and then at The Earl of Leicester Parkside.
Running the daily countermeals, taking care of all the bookwork and staff and did I mention she had 6 children !!! She cared about the local community and always donated food to the Daughters of Charity and also hand delivered food to people in need in the area. Both pubs had social clubs which had weekly cabaret shows, regular bus trips, picnics and were very important in regard to keeping the local communities together.
Mum managed all this while at the same time looking like Elizabeth Taylor and was NEVER seen in public without her trademark Helena Rubenstein Red Lipstick and high heels !!!
Miss you mum, say hi to dad ..xxxxxxxxxx"

After the ceremony at the graveside, all the family and friends gathered for a send off at the Earl Of Leicester hotel, which Brian andd Moya ran for many years and where most of the family grew up.

Thanks to my brother Phil and his wife Janet for driving all the way from Canberra and Steve Miller for driving from Melbourne for the funeral.