Robert Emmet Moore

Fremont, NH - Our father, Robert Moore, passed peacefully yesterday morning in Fremont, NH. He was under good care and a loving staff at the Colonial Poplin House. He was born in Kilgore, Texas, the son of Minnie and Robert Moore. He was a graduate of Notre Dame and Carnegie Mellon with a M.S. in Chemical Engineering. He and our mother, Abigail Foley Moore, raised eight children in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, PA. Our father worked as a Corrosion Engineer for 40+ years while living in a Philadelphia suburb. He retired at age 77.
He was an accomplished pianist and worked as the accompanist for a community choral group, The Valley Voices, for 40 years in Rose Valley, PA. He was a voracious reader, loved the classics, poetry, science fiction, and the theater. He loved taking our mom to community plays at The Hedgerow Theater and music programs in the city. He was a big fan of all sports and went to many games while his sons were participating in soccer and hockey.
In his retirement years, he organized monthly poetry readings at a senior living community in Wallingford, PA and also an annual poetry and music event at the Hedgerow Theater hosted by his good friend Emiliano Martin. His favorite musicians are George Gershwin, Claude Debussy, and Scott Joplin. While living in Kilgore, TX, as a boy, he befriended Van Cliburn as they were classmates and they remained lifelong friends.
He is survived by his wife, Abigail, a brother, Franklin (Seattle, WA), a daughter, Mary, seven sons, Dan, Mike, Dewey, Chris, Tom, John, and Bob, and seven grandchildren. He loved his wife Abby, who adored him, and was a lover of life.
Funeral arrangements are being made by his grandson, Rick Gagne of Phaneuf Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Manchester and a Catholic Mass will be held in Wallingford, PA at a later date.