I remember her as warm and kind and as a very supportive Newman member over many years, always friendly and interesting to meet. Anthony Baker
 
I have so many happy memories of the years we worked together and later. Judi Panter Brick

Moira was particularly kind and helpful to Anne when she was suffering especially seriously with ill health. Neville Bulman

Looking back to about the age of nine, Moira has always been so much part of our lives—my life in particular. From the time we served Mass in the school chapel (a role donated to the non-singers) to JB index lunches, to Maundy Thursday agapes, to SHCJ associate weekends, to lunches with Mary McCarthy and weekends with Wendy and Colin, Moira brought us together on a regular basis. Ringing round, getting the tickets, planning the route and then ensuring we all knew the time and place of meeting was something she did so well. We were an extension of her family. She organised us and we loved it. Celia Capstick

Moira and I had such a good friendship since 1954 when we first met at Leeds. I have so many happy memories—visits to events, talks, art galleries (avoiding nudes, of course!!). I used to love her visits here, when we discussed everything—what to do with raspberries, what to do with our children. Or our husbands! Ann Crane

Moira was such a wonderful friend to my mother, and you and Moira, and your children, were such an important part of our family history and - for myself, Tim, and Simon - very much part of our childhood. Some of the earliest photos in our family album are of Tim and myself   with Sarah and Catherine, runing around in your garden at your house in Ealing. Laurence Crane

She had the kind of dry, efficient wit and political integrity that any godmother should aspire to! Simon Crane

She was one of the strongest influences in my life. Her steadfast Catholic faith, adapted for a modern world, was exemplary - uncomplicated, straightforward and with unwavering values and wisdom. . . She allowed each of your five children to be themselves and follow their individual interests, [and that] reveals the best of educational and parenting approaches. These principles were applied to the many people whose lives she touched. I also remember Moira's sense of humour, understated, sometimed very pointed, but never malicious. Heather Curran

Moira was a very kind and helpful friend and neighbour to me, whose calm and competence I admired when we both had young families and were for a time both teaching EFL over at Hammersmith. Sheila Delafons

Moira had so much compassion, was so practical, intelligent, visionary and common-sense—a very rare combination. Mandy Exton

Moira was a wonderful and so reliable a friend, indeed a sister, and offered me endless hospitality over the years which I have very much appreciated. Anne Forbes

My memories of Moira are of her great hospitality and the many bottles of marmalade made by her. Her Christmas cards to us always related your annual travels to many places. At an SHCJ service in London, many years ago, she sat next to me. Apart from the occasional bidding prayers by the nuns, ‘the clergy did the rest,’ she muttered despairingly. ‘All these men!’ How right she was. Oonagh Godfrey

She was so supportive to her work colleagues and the patients and families she worked with. Moira had such a kind, friendly and helpful approach, but was also down-to-earth, which was appreciated by everyone. We could always rely on her to say or do the right thing. We all enjoyed Moira’s sense of humour. Fiona Goodhand

The Redferns and Gregorys have been friends for so many years, so much growing up together. There are so many roads and schoolgates in Ealing which I cannot pass without the memories of our children together and ourselves in the past. Charles Gregory

It seems quite a short time from when our four lives ran on parallel lines, attending the same parish church and having our children at various intervals. I well remember Moira ringing me up in Shepherds Bush from West Twyford saying she couldn’t come for coffee because she hadn’t washed Sarah’s nappies yet! Margaret Grisewood

Moira was a huge part of me being able to settle in London. I have known Moira virtually since I was born. I remember going to Marshall and Snelgrove in Bradford to pick a present for her and Martin’s wedding. Anne Haley

I always felt her presence was so positive when we met. I valued the meetings at CU6 home lunches and on joint visits to Compton Verney. Her lively and independent mind made her excellent company and I always enjoy it when my friends’ spouses seem warmly disposed to me. Jolyon Hall
 
It is over 50 years since we both lived in Rossall Crescent that Patricia and Moira met at a clinic on the corner of Twyford Abbey Road where they were having their babies weighed and examined. A long time ago, but they remained friends and regularly met in our houses. Patricia and Lawrence Hampton

For anyone fortunate enough to know her it is a sad time, but also a time for reflection on how much she gave to so many people. Moira was always such a good friend to my mother, Anne Bulman. Julia Horsnell

I have fond memories of sharing strawberries with all of you in your Ealing home, and her offers to babysit for our then baby Anna coming all the way to Golders Green. Edie Isaacs

She was so intelligent, intuitive, warm, generous, a lovely human being. Heather Lyall

There’s a memory of her that sticks in the mind. It’s of the time she gave me a driving lesson. We went out—and this will date it—with a baby in the back, and I dramatically stalled the car at a T-junction. Moira calmly told me how to get the car restarted, we negotiated the T-junction, and all was well. It always makes me smile when I think of it. Francis McDonagh

As a family we have very happy memories of Moira, who we first met in her role of Snowy Owl. She was always such a reassuring presence for the little ones, and Clare said she was so supportive when she returned to Brownies as a ‘Guide Helper’. Moira McMullen

I enjoyed the photos of Moira and the children & the beauty of you both looking at each other with all the love & companionship of a 60 year marriage in your expressions. Alexina Murphy

Characteristically, my friend Moira generously agreed to put her name forward as a Foundation Governor of Sion-Manning Roman Catholic Girls' School in North Kensington, where Sarah, Catherine, and Rachel had all been pupils. She warmly encouraged all the good work of the school while tirelessly asking searching questions. She was a model Governor. May God reward her for her deep concern for our girls, many of whom were seriously disadvantaged. Tony O'Halloran

Moira played a big part in my girls’ lives when we all enjoyed those wonderful years with the Brownies and Guides. We have been reminiscing over the pack holidays and camps we shared together—they were such fun times. Shirley O’Shaughnessy, Tracey, Kim, Simone, and Tom

Moira was a good friend and we will miss her in our little group greatly. Jenny Rosling

The house masses in Ealing, the UCS reunions and our splendid trips to Paris and beyond have been dear to me for over fifty years. Christine Sbresni
 
Moira and I go back such a long way—school, university, and beyond. Your Christmas cards have always been a joy—hearing of all your exciting and far-flung travels. The Silk Road sounded a real ‘wow’! Anne Spicer


She was such a vibrant and positive person to work with, and one who always had the patients’ interests at heart. Sue Stevens


I remember small things, like Moira chatting and wielding a cheese knife as she opened a packet of cream crackers at the end of a good lunch. Margot Watkins