HUDSON FALLS – Shirley J. (Stewart) Moss, 80, longtime Hudson Falls resident and beloved mother to many, passed away suddenly on Saturday, June 25, 2016 16, joining her husband, Fred for their 61st wedding anniversary on June 26, 2016.
Born on January 2, 1936, in Fort Edward, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Emma (Ferguson) Stewart.
Shirley was a 1953 graduate of Fort Edward High School.
She worked for a while at Continental insurance in Glens Falls before becoming a full time mother and homemaker.
In 1955, she married Frederick Moss, Sr. at St. James Episcopal Church in Fort Edward. Her husband passed away January 18, 1994.
Shirley was a longtime member of St. James Episcopal Church. She also served with the Hudson Falls Volunteer Fire Departments Ladies Auxiliary as well as the Kingsbury hose Company Ladies Auxiliary. For over 25 years she served as chairperson of the Fresh Air Fund and she was well known for her association with that organization. She spent many years as a Den Mother for the Cub Scouts and also enjoyed crocheting, bowling and playing the organ. Most important was her family and that included any one in need of anything. Shirley Moss never met a person she didn’t like and there was always room for one more!
In addition to her parents and husband, she is predeceased by two sons, Keith Moss and Frederick Moss, Jr, a grandson, Anthony Paul Moss, a sister, Alice Chakalis, two brothers, Robert Mylott and William Mylott and a niece, Vanessa Howk.
Survivors include her children, Candace Morehouse and her significant other, Terry Morehouse of Queensbury, Paul Moss and his wife Irene of Salem, George Moss of South Glens Falls, Tamela Moss of Hudson Falls, Pamela Dowd and her husband, Derrick of Hudson Falls, Tanya Moss of Hudson Falls, Melanie Liles and her husband, Donald of Hudson Falls; several grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; nieces, nephews, her brothers, Walter Mylott of Fort Edward and Ronald Stewart of Queensbury; a daughter in law, Jeanne Moss Tackett and her husband Jeffery of Queensbury. She is also survived by four people she considered daughters, Laura Roccasecca, Annie Kresse and her husband, Ken and Eydie Putnam and her significant other, Paul and Marianne Burnham of Hudson Falls.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main St., Hudson Falls.
A Funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at St. James Episcopal Church on Broadway in Fort Edward.
Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in the town of Fort Edward.
Shirley’s family suggests that memorial donations be made to the charity of one’s choice.