Louise M. Moyer
March 5, 1921 – July 1, 2011

On Friday, July 1, 2011, Louise M. (nee Morrissey) Moyer, beloved wife of the late W. Joseph Moyer, mother of Gail M. Stroup, Judith A. Moyer, Margaret L. Roberts, and Richard C. Moyer II, and grandmother of Kyle, Garrett, and Marie Roberts, and Andria, Richard, and Peter Moyer.
Louise was born on March 5, 1921, the second of six children to an Irish-German couple in Richmond, Virginia.She graduated from the University of Richmond's Westhampton College where she served as class president in her senior year.She taught school and later worked for IBM in the 1950s.Louise considered herself very fortunate to be selected to go to IBM headquarters in New York to learn the latest computer advancements and then to teach others back in Richmond.
In 1952, Louise married Joe Moyer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, who later became the State Climatologist for Maryland and Delaware.They moved to Washington DC and then to Temple Hills, Maryland where they raised their four children.Louise became a full-time mother, family cook and seamstress, and even assisted Joe with work issues, typing letters and memos for him at night on her small manual typewriter.
Louise and Joe were very active at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Oxon Hill, MD.Louise helped prepare children for their first Communion, participated in the Ladies Guild and served as the Spiritual Life coordinator during which she started a lending library of Christian books.Louise was also civic-minded, and was active in the League of Women Voters and the National Right to Life.Her children fondly remember how she was ahead of her time in researching and applying good nutrition such as whole grains, low fat, and vitamin supplements.They also remember how she beautified the house with cuttings from the shrubs she had planted in the yard.A private person, Louise occasionally made a written entry in one of her notebooks regarding her growing dependence on the Lord, people that she prayed for, and praises for His answers.Her children remember often finding her in the morning listening to the "Through the Bible" radio broadcast.
In 1994, Louise and Joe moved to Charlestown Retirement Community where Louise enjoyed Bridge, Bible studies, and new friendships.After she moved into Assisted Living, she helped facilitate a weekly history class on World War II.For her 90th birthday in 2011, her children recounted her favorite expressions, meals, and special times with this memorable mother.