Marion Jean Moore

Marion Moore was born on April 28, 1944 in Klamath Falls Oregon to Grace and Innis Roberts. She passed away at home surrounded by family on August 11, 2025.

Marion grew up in Klamath Falls, where her Dad owned the local hardware store. The family then moved just outside the city and lived on a farm and then a ranch. She graduated from Klamath Union High School and was a member of the Ski Club, Job’s Daughters and 4-H. She also enjoyed playing tennis and was a summer life guard and water director for the Campfire Girl’s summer camp. After high school she attended Oregon State where she was on the crew team, and then enrolled in the nursing program at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. It was there that she met her future husband, Bill Moore. They were married in Portland on July 1, 1967. Bill’s studies and work then took them to Minnesota where they enjoyed the outdoors, especially sailing. They then moved to California, first to Palo Alto and then Daly City.

During the Vietnam war, the family was stationed at Fort Shafter Army Base in Honolulu, Hawaii for three years. The family then moved to Santa Barbara, California. Marion became very involved in helping the community. She was a member of the Junior League, CALM Auxiliary and the Assistance League (now Community Friends) of Santa Barbara. She also spent many hours volunteering at her children’s schools as well as the Santa Barbara Swim Club. Marion and her friends started a Bible Study about 25 years ago that is still going to this day.

Bill and Marion made many trips throughout the world. The family enjoyed skiing together, family bike rides and time at the beach. Although Multiple Sclerosis deeply impacted her life, she is fondly remembered for her warm smile and positive attitude. Family became her priority and she was overjoyed when she became a mother and again when she became a grandmother.

Marion is survived by her beloved children Christy and her husband Derek, and Kevin and his wife Emma. She will be greatly missed by her grandchildren Olivia, Liam and Chloe. Marion leaves behind her brother John Roberts and his wife Sheri as well as her sister Sue Roeck and her husband Pete and her sister-in-law Connie Daily.

Marion is preceded in death by her husband Bill earlier this year and her parents Grace and Innis Roberts.

Services will be held at Old Mission Santa Barbara on October 17 at 11:00am. A reception at La Cumbre Country Club will follow.

The family is deeply grateful to all of Marion’s caregivers these past few years. Thank you for all you did for her.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Community Friends of Santa Barbara. https://cfofsb.org/pages/donate