ANNA "SALLY" MOON
Anna "Sally" Moon passed away on March 31 in Boerne, Texas. Sally was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 30, 1917, the only child of Ernest Jurkovich and Mary Stamler Jurkovich both of whom emigrated from separate areas of Hungary. They met and married in New York City in 1915. The family soon moved to New Milford, New Jersey, where Sally grew up, took dancing lessons in nearby Hackensack and, as she was the only child in town so trained, was frequently called on to dance and sing at school functions and various other entertainments. When she was 12 years old, her dear father (then 36) died of pneumonia. In her devastation Sally resolved to be a credit to his memory. She was an outstanding student, received the American Legion Citizenship Award and graduated as salutatorian of her class. Six years later her mother married William Nitsche. The family moved to Summit, New Jersey, where Sally trained to be a secretary. After having visited central Florida a few times (in fact Sally attended old Orlando High School for three months during her senior year) the family moved to Winter Park permanently in 1939. She was secretary to Dr. P. Phillips and Howard Phillips for five years. During that time WWII began and Sally was soon swept off her feet by a handsome 2nd Lt., Bryden Moon. They met on a blind date (engineered by Ruby Toy) on May 15, 1943 and married 2 months later at St. James Catholic Church (now Cathedral) in Orlando. Sally participated in local activities wherever her husband was stationed: as President of the Military Officers Wives Club in St. Louis; as Cub Scouts Den mother in Montgomery, Alabama and in Alaska where she was a Girl Scout Leader as well. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, she was Advisor and Sponsor for the Air Force ROTC Wives Club at the University of Arkansas and served as President and Vice President of the University Women’s Club there. After moving to Clarksville, Arkansas, Sally devoted six years to the Reading is FUNdamental program, acquiring and distributing books to school children in the Ozarks. She was a member of the Parish Council, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church there; was President of Women of the U of O; President of Johnson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary; Chairman of Council on Human Relations; and Johnson County representative to the Western Arkansas (6 county) Board of Human Services. Sally was also elected to two terms as County Commissioner. After returning to Winter Park in 1979, she chaired Orwin Manor Neighborhood Watch for 18 years; was President and Treasurer of Orwin Manor Association; was Democratic Precinct Chairwoman and Vice President of Orange County Homeowners Association. She was a member of Tiger Bay and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Sally was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dr. Bryden E. Moon. She is survived by her daughter – Crystal Moon, her son – Bryden E. Moon, Jr. and daughter-in-law – Marcia Kay Moon, all of Boerne, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice on behalf of Sally. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 6, 2010 from 5-7pm at the Baldwin Fairchild Lake Ivanhoe Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:30am at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 526 N. Park Ave Winter Park, with interment following at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
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Her mother remarried and Sally was adopted by her step-father, William Nitsche.
Sally died in 2010 . This article was published in Orlando Sentinel on April 4, 2010.
This obit was sent to me Nov. 10, 2017 by Coral Moon Lewis. Charles Harvey
Anna "Sally" Moon passed away on March 31 in Boerne, Texas. Sally was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 30, 1917, the only child of Ernest Jurkovich and Mary Stamler Jurkovich both of whom emigrated from separate areas of Hungary. They met and married in New York City in 1915. The family soon moved to New Milford, New Jersey, where Sally grew up, took dancing lessons in nearby Hackensack and, as she was the only child in town so trained, was frequently called on to dance and sing at school functions and various other entertainments. When she was 12 years old, her dear father (then 36) died of pneumonia. In her devastation Sally resolved to be a credit to his memory. She was an outstanding student, received the American Legion Citizenship Award and graduated as salutatorian of her class. Six years later her mother married William Nitsche. The family moved to Summit, New Jersey, where Sally trained to be a secretary. After having visited central Florida a few times (in fact Sally attended old Orlando High School for three months during her senior year) the family moved to Winter Park permanently in 1939. She was secretary to Dr. P. Phillips and Howard Phillips for five years. During that time WWII began and Sally was soon swept off her feet by a handsome 2nd Lt., Bryden Moon. They met on a blind date (engineered by Ruby Toy) on May 15, 1943 and married 2 months later at St. James Catholic Church (now Cathedral) in Orlando. Sally participated in local activities wherever her husband was stationed: as President of the Military Officers Wives Club in St. Louis; as Cub Scouts Den mother in Montgomery, Alabama and in Alaska where she was a Girl Scout Leader as well. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, she was Advisor and Sponsor for the Air Force ROTC Wives Club at the University of Arkansas and served as President and Vice President of the University Women’s Club there. After moving to Clarksville, Arkansas, Sally devoted six years to the Reading is FUNdamental program, acquiring and distributing books to school children in the Ozarks. She was a member of the Parish Council, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church there; was President of Women of the U of O; President of Johnson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary; Chairman of Council on Human Relations; and Johnson County representative to the Western Arkansas (6 county) Board of Human Services. Sally was also elected to two terms as County Commissioner. After returning to Winter Park in 1979, she chaired Orwin Manor Neighborhood Watch for 18 years; was President and Treasurer of Orwin Manor Association; was Democratic Precinct Chairwoman and Vice President of Orange County Homeowners Association. She was a member of Tiger Bay and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Sally was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dr. Bryden E. Moon. She is survived by her daughter – Crystal Moon, her son – Bryden E. Moon, Jr. and daughter-in-law – Marcia Kay Moon, all of Boerne, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice on behalf of Sally. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 6, 2010 from 5-7pm at the Baldwin Fairchild Lake Ivanhoe Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:30am at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 526 N. Park Ave Winter Park, with interment following at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
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Her mother remarried and Sally was adopted by her step-father, William Nitsche.
Sally died in 2010 . This article was published in Orlando Sentinel on April 4, 2010.
This obit was sent to me Nov. 10, 2017 by Coral Moon Lewis. Charles Harvey
ANNA "SALLY" MOON
Anna "Sally" Moon passed away on March 31 in Boerne, Texas. Sally was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 30, 1917, the only child of Ernest Jurkovich and Mary Stamler Jurkovich both of whom emigrated from separate areas of Hungary. They met and married in New York City in 1915. The family soon moved to New Milford, New Jersey, where Sally grew up, took dancing lessons in nearby Hackensack and, as she was the only child in town so trained, was frequently called on to dance and sing at school functions and various other entertainments. When she was 12 years old, her dear father (then 36) died of pneumonia. In her devastation Sally resolved to be a credit to his memory. She was an outstanding student, received the American Legion Citizenship Award and graduated as salutatorian of her class. Six years later her mother married William Nitsche. The family moved to Summit, New Jersey, where Sally trained to be a secretary. After having visited central Florida a few times (in fact Sally attended old Orlando High School for three months during her senior year) the family moved to Winter Park permanently in 1939. She was secretary to Dr. P. Phillips and Howard Phillips for five years. During that time WWII began and Sally was soon swept off her feet by a handsome 2nd Lt., Bryden Moon. They met on a blind date (engineered by Ruby Toy) on May 15, 1943 and married 2 months later at St. James Catholic Church (now Cathedral) in Orlando. Sally participated in local activities wherever her husband was stationed: as President of the Military Officers Wives Club in St. Louis; as Cub Scouts Den mother in Montgomery, Alabama and in Alaska where she was a Girl Scout Leader as well. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, she was Advisor and Sponsor for the Air Force ROTC Wives Club at the University of Arkansas and served as President and Vice President of the University Women’s Club there. After moving to Clarksville, Arkansas, Sally devoted six years to the Reading is FUNdamental program, acquiring and distributing books to school children in the Ozarks. She was a member of the Parish Council, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church there; was President of Women of the U of O; President of Johnson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary; Chairman of Council on Human Relations; and Johnson County representative to the Western Arkansas (6 county) Board of Human Services. Sally was also elected to two terms as County Commissioner. After returning to Winter Park in 1979, she chaired Orwin Manor Neighborhood Watch for 18 years; was President and Treasurer of Orwin Manor Association; was Democratic Precinct Chairwoman and Vice President of Orange County Homeowners Association. She was a member of Tiger Bay and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Sally was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dr. Bryden E. Moon. She is survived by her daughter – Crystal Moon, her son – Bryden E. Moon, Jr. and daughter-in-law – Marcia Kay Moon, all of Boerne, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice on behalf of Sally. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 6, 2010 from 5-7pm at the Baldwin Fairchild Lake Ivanhoe Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:30am at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 526 N. Park Ave Winter Park, with interment following at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
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Her mother remarried and Sally was adopted by her step-father, William Nitsche.
Sally died in 2010 . This article was published in Orlando Sentinel on April 4, 2010.
This obit was sent to me Nov. 10, 2017 by Coral Moon Lewis. Charles Harvey
Anna "Sally" Moon passed away on March 31 in Boerne, Texas. Sally was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 30, 1917, the only child of Ernest Jurkovich and Mary Stamler Jurkovich both of whom emigrated from separate areas of Hungary. They met and married in New York City in 1915. The family soon moved to New Milford, New Jersey, where Sally grew up, took dancing lessons in nearby Hackensack and, as she was the only child in town so trained, was frequently called on to dance and sing at school functions and various other entertainments. When she was 12 years old, her dear father (then 36) died of pneumonia. In her devastation Sally resolved to be a credit to his memory. She was an outstanding student, received the American Legion Citizenship Award and graduated as salutatorian of her class. Six years later her mother married William Nitsche. The family moved to Summit, New Jersey, where Sally trained to be a secretary. After having visited central Florida a few times (in fact Sally attended old Orlando High School for three months during her senior year) the family moved to Winter Park permanently in 1939. She was secretary to Dr. P. Phillips and Howard Phillips for five years. During that time WWII began and Sally was soon swept off her feet by a handsome 2nd Lt., Bryden Moon. They met on a blind date (engineered by Ruby Toy) on May 15, 1943 and married 2 months later at St. James Catholic Church (now Cathedral) in Orlando. Sally participated in local activities wherever her husband was stationed: as President of the Military Officers Wives Club in St. Louis; as Cub Scouts Den mother in Montgomery, Alabama and in Alaska where she was a Girl Scout Leader as well. In Fayetteville, Arkansas, she was Advisor and Sponsor for the Air Force ROTC Wives Club at the University of Arkansas and served as President and Vice President of the University Women’s Club there. After moving to Clarksville, Arkansas, Sally devoted six years to the Reading is FUNdamental program, acquiring and distributing books to school children in the Ozarks. She was a member of the Parish Council, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church there; was President of Women of the U of O; President of Johnson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary; Chairman of Council on Human Relations; and Johnson County representative to the Western Arkansas (6 county) Board of Human Services. Sally was also elected to two terms as County Commissioner. After returning to Winter Park in 1979, she chaired Orwin Manor Neighborhood Watch for 18 years; was President and Treasurer of Orwin Manor Association; was Democratic Precinct Chairwoman and Vice President of Orange County Homeowners Association. She was a member of Tiger Bay and St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Sally was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dr. Bryden E. Moon. She is survived by her daughter – Crystal Moon, her son – Bryden E. Moon, Jr. and daughter-in-law – Marcia Kay Moon, all of Boerne, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice on behalf of Sally. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 6, 2010 from 5-7pm at the Baldwin Fairchild Lake Ivanhoe Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 9:30am at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 526 N. Park Ave Winter Park, with interment following at Glen Haven Memorial Park.
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Her mother remarried and Sally was adopted by her step-father, William Nitsche.
Sally died in 2010 . This article was published in Orlando Sentinel on April 4, 2010.
This obit was sent to me Nov. 10, 2017 by Coral Moon Lewis. Charles Harvey
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