Barbara K. Moore
...retired from Tewksbury Hospital; 75
TEWKSBURY - Barbara K. (Ernst) Moore, age 75, a retiree of Tewksbury Hospital, died Friday, March 5, at Saints Medical Center in Lowell following a two month period of declining health. She was the beloved wife of Richard G. Moore, who died in 1970, leaving her to raise her young family of six children alone, at the age of 35.
She was born in the Roslindale section of Boston, December 10, 1934, the daughter of the late Roger and Catherine (Hilton) Ernst, and raised in Roslindale. She graduated from Roslindale High School, and began her working career at New England Telephone in Boston as a telephone operator. Following her marriage and the birth of their first son, they moved the family to Tewksbury, where she remained for the next 53 years. In addition to her duties as a mother of six, she worked as a dietician at the Tewksbury Hospital.
She was a communicant of St. William's Church, former regular at the Northmeadow Tennis Club, and was described as having devoted her life to her family.
She is survived by five children, Richard G. Moore Jr and his wife Audrey (Comeau) of Haverhill, Katherine E. Moore, formerly Flagg, also of Haverhill, Laura A. Nickles and her husband David E. of Billerica, David B. Moore and his wife Michelle (Amorella) of Hudson, NH, Dennis M. Moore and his wife Kimberly (St. John) of Fla.; was grandmother of 14; and great grandmother of 3; and sister of Donald Ernst of Situate and Lewis and his wife Ann Ernst of Hingham.
She was also mother of the late Brenda Cruz, and sister of the late Roger Ernst and Henry Ernst.
Her Funeral Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, March 9 at St. William's Church, Tewksbury. Burial followed in Tewksbury Cemetery. Memorials to the Tewksbury Hospital, Patient Activities Fund C/O Administration, 365 East St. Tewksbury, MA 01876, will be appreciated.