Mary

Moore

LIFE OF SERVICE

Mary Moore, born on May 9th, 1934, passed away on April 20th, 2023, at the age of 88 in Sag Harbor, New York. Mary grew up in Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey with her sister Jean and became a highly regarded Registered Nurse who graduated from St. Vincent's Hospital Nursing School in 1956. Mary married Matthew J. Ferguson, M.D. and raised a family of five boys and one girl in Greenwich Village. She was an active, respected and outspoken member of her "Village" community and served on numerous school, charity, and church boards and committees. She was well-loved for her warmth, generosity, good humor and loyalty. Mary restored the Ferguson family Brownstone built in 1841, where she welcomed the many families and friends who touched her own large family, including at a famous black-tie gathering on every Christmas Eve.

In 1982, Mary founded her very successful MMF Nursing agency, the successor of which is still in business today. She proved to be an astute businesswoman and was revered by the nurses she represented. Mary moved to Sag Harbor in 1990. There she lovingly restored an 18 ^th Century Whaling Captain's home and occasionally ran a bed and breakfast – "without the breakfast" she would say. Her many friends, old and new, and her family have gathered at her beach house these past three decades. Mary supported and housed the actors and stagehands of Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre, and she was a tour guide at the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum. She met her husband, Charlie Lulay, at the East Hampton Historical Society, where he had a gig reenacting the Revolutionary War period as a "rebel" soldier.

Mary is survived by her sons, Matthew, Terence, Andrew, Timothy, daughter Mary Kate, eleven grandchildren, several daughters and sons-in-law, and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Jean Kearney, five nieces and nephews, and her cousin Jane Ford. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, son Michael John, and former husband.

Mary enjoyed collecting antiques and art, entertaining, oil painting, and restoring and decorating old homes. She worshipped at St. Joseph's, St. Vincent's Hospital Chapel and Xavier Catholic Churches in Greenwich Village, and Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Sag Harbor. She is known by her vast network of friends to have frequented many other churches in New York and the Hamptons. Her passion was helping and guiding others who needed a little extra love in life. This she did selflessly.

A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held at Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Sag Harbor, New York, on Saturday, June 24th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. An earlier service to celebrate Mary's life will be held at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in New York City on May17th, 2023 at 4:30 pm.