Diane Verity Moore, 57, of State College, died Tuesday, July 19,2005 at Mount Nittany Medical Center, after an extended illness. She was born on November 3,1947 to the late Clarence J. and Anna May Imwold Moore in Pittsburgh. She grew up in Abington Township in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and graduated from Abington High School. She is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, from which she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in June 1969. While attending Penn State, she participated in many student activities and was a member of the Phi Mu Sorority.
After graduating from Penn State, Diane began her professional career with the Republican National Committee in Washington, DC, where she was the first head of its Opposition Research Department. Thereafter, she was employed by US Senator Glenn Beale of Maryland, and at the White House under President Gerald R. Ford.
Diane returned to State College, a community she loved, in 1978 to continue her political consulting business and enter graduate school at Penn State, from which she received a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science in November 1981. Throughout much of her life she was involved in national, local, and county politics as both a paid consultant and a volunteer. She later owned and operated a bookstore in State College and worked in several other businesses.
She is survived by a brother, The Rev. Joseph I. Moore and his wife Sharon, of Pennsville, New Jersey, a special first cousin, Sally Moulse and her husband, Bill of Roanoke, Virginia, as well as several other first cousins and close friends.
Diane was a kind and caring person, who always had one or more adopted cats as part of her family. She also was a voracious reader, and was always ready and willing to discuss and debate the events and issues of the day. Her keen sense of humor and concern for others will always be remembered and greatly missed by her family and friends.
Memorial services will be held privately and are under the direction of the Mark D. Heintzelman Funeral and Cremation Services PC, 1034 Benner Pike, State College, PA, 16801. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Centre County PAWS, 1042 Benner Pike, State College, PA, 16801; The American Cancer Society - Centre Unit, 123 S. Sparks St., State College, PA, 16801; or to the Mid-Sate Literacy Council, 248 E. Calder Way, State College, PA, 16801. Condolences may be expressed and sent to www.heintzelmanfuneralhome.com.