Marilyn Ann Moore was born February 17, 1951 the only daughter of Frank and Phyllis Moore. Marilyn grew up in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland Oregon. She attended Sellwood Grade School and Cleveland High School. Marilyn was a vibrant and strong personality. She was firm in her beliefs throughout her life. A teenager in the counterculture years of the 60s, she embraced those values.  She had a very unique spiritual thread. Martin Luther King, Edgar Casey, and Jesus were among her heroes. She believed firmly in numerology, and read and wrote books on the subject. It is no surprise that one of her strong qualities was kindness. 

 Following high school, Marilyn was admitted to PNCA which was then known as the Museum Art School. Her artistic sense was strong and was an element in the things she did with her living spaces. She was influenced by Joan Miro’s work and was interested in collage and geometry in her art. In addition to her art school education, she was interested in Criminal Justice and received her CJ degree from Portland State University. Marilyn worked through most of her life. She was a waitress who believed that the work was a profession deserving of as much attention as any other. She wrote a book for aspiring wait staff which emphasized the principle that understanding and meeting the customer’s needs was an art and would lead to the highest rewards for both the server and the served. For many years, Marilyn lived in Southeast Portland on Carlton St.  She moved from there to a house and property near the Lewis River in Woodland Washington.  And most recently relocated to Long Beach Washington in order to be closer to Frank. She left this world on Halloween, October 31, 2022.

Marilyn had many interests. She collected Pez dispensers and she loved penny candy. She was a baseball fan with deeply classic roots and toward the end of her life would watch replays of old baseball games in black and white on the tv.  She loved scary movies and unexplained mysteries. Marilyn’s greatest passion, however, was cats. At the end of her life, her one remaining cat, Summer, was with her. Through her life, her cats were family and children. Any contributions in her memory might be made to cat friendly organizations.

Marilyn is survived by her partner of thirty years, Frank Pool, who cared for her through the last two years of her life after she suffered a stroke. Bill Moore of Vancouver Canada, her older brother, also survives her.  This obituary submitted by her longtime friend, David Porter. 

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