Elaine Conroy Moore
(January 22, 1947 - December 8, 2007)

Elaine Conroy Moore was an accomplished lady with a laudable sense of compassion which earned her accolades both before and after her early death at age 60.

Elaine's compassion for her fellow man was demonstrated in her working life.  When America was drafting young men to serve in Vietnam, Elaine volunteered to go, too, and work with the Red Cross.  She continued working overseas for her country in Japan and France, becoming fluent in the French language and an accomplished Gemologist.

Elaine moved to Bethany Beach, DE, in the 1990's where her compassion was extended to animals and became a passion which totally consumed her free time. She was a member of the Bethany Town Cats (BTC), actively trapping and fostering feral cats.  She was the one to crawl under a house to rescue a litter of abandoned kittens and to build a cattery on her home to care for feral cats. She made the long drive to Tri-State Bird Rescue almost daily transporting injured birds for treatment.  Elaine could be seen at BTC meetings holding a small container of rescued new-born robins which she fed through an eye-dropper every 15 minutes. She was also an active supporter of the MERR Institute where she became a valued fund-raiser for research on injured sea mammals.

Elaine's inspired others by informational speeches to elementary school children, by motivating friends to donate to worthy animal causes, and by example.  She loved to walk along the beach in Bethany, but always with a plastic bag in case she found a deflated balloon or other debris that could be ingested by an animal.  And, she would would always stop her car to assist any stray animal, consequently, saving and finding homes for an impressive number of cats and dogs.  She  rescued and adopted a neglected animal in her neighborhood and adopted another she found abandoned.

Two months before her death from breast cancer, Elaine was honored by the Governor of Delaware with the Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism.  Even while riding to receive her award in Dover, she stopped to pick up an injured Canada Goose to be delivered to Tri-State Bird Rescue by someone at her award's ceremony.  In the spring following her passing, Elaine was honored posthumously by DE Fish and Wildlife for her volunteerism with an award received by her sister and mother on her behalf.  Tri-State Bird Rescue has planted a tree in her honor and the Bethany Town Cats has named a scholarship for a veterinary student in her name.

Elaine left her entire estate to the Elaine Conroy Moore Charitable Foundation, thereby continuing to help her fellow creatures in perpetuity.  This final act of compassion is no surprise to those fortunate enough to have known her.