Catherine Rose “Tippy””Tip” VERNON

1928 - 2019  (90 years)

• Name	Catherine Rose “Tippy””Tip” VERNON  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	28 Dec 1928	Stoneboro, Pennsylvania   [4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  HIST	at death- she had 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren- who are their parents? jkh CATHERINE MOISE Posted Saturday, December 21, 2019 5:00 am Catherine Moise passed quietly and peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at her home from complications due to lung cancer just a few weeks shy of her 91st birthday. "Tippy" or "Tip," as she was widely known, was born in Stoneboro, Pennsylvania, on the family farm at the start of the Great Depression. Her lifelong resilience, gratitude and endless creativity were formed in great part by her experience growing up in rural America during those difficult times. Tip attended Slater Elementary School in Stoneboro, a one room schoolhouse for first through eighth grades, where she had a perfect attendance record, neither late nor absent, for five of her eight years, while also doing her part of the demanding work on the farm - milking cows, feeding the animals, driving teams of horses in the fields and other daily chores. She then attended Stoneboro High School, where she lettered as a varsity basketball cheerleader her junior and senior years. Upon high school graduation, she attended Franklin Commercial College and completed the two-year course for her secretarial certificate in one year, Class of 1947. Her first job out of college was with Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Sharon, Pennsylvania, where she met a handsome young salesmen from Westinghouse, James D. "Jim" Moise of Sumter. Two years later, Tip moved to Washington, D.C., to pursue her dream of moving to the nation's capital and secured a job with the U.S. Treasury Department. Jim had also moved to D.C. and the two were reconnected in 1949 and married in 1950. Children soon followed: Mary Catherine (Moise) Clark, James D. Moise Jr and John V. Moise. Jim's career with Westinghouse took Tip and the family to several locations around the country, including Pittsburgh (on three occasions), Boston, Philadelphia, Newport Beach and Vicksburg, before retiring with Jim in Sumter in 1985. Throughout it all, Tip enjoyed the new experiences each move provided, made new friends and loved to travel and sightsee in the U.S. and Europe. She was very active in the family activities and community service, serving as Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader for each of the children, booster club for school sports and the Women's Federation of America, serving local private nursing homes and homes for unwed mothers. She was a self-taught Wall Street investor and was frequently approached by family members and friends for insights and suggestions on how to mirror her investing success. She also took a keen interest in the history and genealogy of both sides of the family and produced a series of books that documented the families with both photos and historical facts, preserving family history for generations. Her other interests included various crafts, sewing, needlework, gardening, collecting antiques and furniture restoration. But, above all else, she loved just being with her husband Jim, together for nearly 67 years. Having previously lost her husband 2 1/2 years ago, she is now survived by her three children as well as her five grandchildren, Lindsey Catherine Moise, John Thomas Moise, Hilary Claire Moise-Winslow, Lisa Louise Bagwell and Aaron James Moise; as well as her two great-grandchildren, Davis James Winslow and Cora Elizabeth Winslow. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St., P.O. Box 1456, Sumter, SC 29151-1456, Phone (803) 775-0908, http://www.sumtercountymuseum.org/. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family's guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.  [3]
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  Death	5 Nov 2019	at her home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina)
  Burial	Bullock Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I85206	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	John Frederick VERNON
  Mother	Mary Wright TREVITT
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  _UID	570978DD1310413D824B2D67705CA8B4DF09
  Family ID	F66449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James DeLeon “Jim” MOISE, Sr.,   b. 15 Dec 1926, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 19 May 2017, at his residence, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1950	Wallingford, Pennsylvania   [2, 5]
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  _UID	0A71D495178143A89122D8937825BE4020FD
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F59196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2017

  
  

• Sources

  [S8620] Pauline M. Harritt. [S25161] James D. Moise. [S27388] Catherine Moise. [S1899] page 13. [S818] Harold Moise, (R. L. Bryan Companty of Columbia, South Carolina 1961), page 274.