- State: Virginia
Jean Marie Carlson, widow of the late John William Moore, Jr., died peacefully at Greenspring Village, Springfield, Virginia, Thursday, 9 July 2020. She was born 21 December 1926 in Emporium, Pennsylvania, on one side the grand-daughter of 19th century immigrants from Sweden, and on the other a descendant of a line that extends to the Mayflower.
Her youth was not uncommon for women of this era, surviving the Great Depression, then working in a defense plant during the war years. She married 14 March 1947 and was the mother of four sons, including the late Robert. About 1950, the family moved to Alexandria, Virginia, living there or in nearby Fairfax County for the rest of their lives. Her passion was gardening, particularly of azaleas and orchids. Since 1960, she was a member of the Virginia Hills Baptist Church.
She is survived by sons James of Potomac, Maryland, Michael of Bethany Beach, Delaware, and Kenneth of Alexandria, Virginia; four grand-children; and six great-grandchildren.
