Bruce Allen Moore, accomplished Realtor, community leader
Bruce Allen Moore, 81, passed away Thursday, June 29, 2023, at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford. He was born in Laurel, son of the late Carmel Leon Moore and Sally Lee Collins Moore. He is survived by his wife, Christine (Brodowski) Moore; and children, Matthew Joseph Moore and his wife Ryel of Alexandria, Va., and Meredith Dale Moore and fiancé L.P. Cyburt of Ocean City, Md. There are four grandchildren, Travis and Trevor, and Tyler and Ashton. Also surviving are stepchildren, Pamela Berman (John), Erika Meister (Benoit), Aleksandra Howard (Adam), and their children Colby, Logan, Jordyn, Blake, Maia, Luca, Winnie and Tucker; nieces, Paula Hardt, Sally Irwin and Ellen Casey; and nephew, Chris Sammelwitz.
He is preceded in death by his brother, Robert L. Moore; sister, Eleanor Paradee; nephews, Mike Moore, and Ben Paradee and his wife Mandy; and sister-in-law, Diane Sammelwitz.
Bruce was a 1959 graduate of Laurel High School. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware. He attended graduate school at Clemson University and University of Maryland. He served in the U.S. Army (artillery), and retired from active duty with the rank of captain. Bruce worked in sales for Merck Pharmaceuticals for two years. In 1976. he founded Moore, Warfield and Glick Realtors, and received Realtor of the Year in 1981. He became president of the Ocean City Board of Realtors in 1984. In 1988, sold his operational interest to Warfield and Glick. He was past partner of BJ’s North and BJ’s South, partner with Remax Premier Properties, past president of Ocean City Paramedics, past member of the Worcester Preparatory School Board of Trustees, past board member of Mercantile Peninsula Bank, past chairman of the Atlantic Club, past trustee of Atlantic United Methodist Church, board member of the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, member of The Knights of Columbus Star of the Sea Council, charter member of Ocean City Shriner’s Club; he served on the board of Ambassadors for Beebe Healthcare, was a Meals on Wheels volunteer, and a happy member of his boyhood friends, The Crevies (and then there were two). He was not just a resident of Ocean City and Rehoboth, but a selfless, dedicated, hands-on community leader who will be sorely missed. After retiring and moving to Delaware, he became a member of St. Edmond Catholic Church.
A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, at Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin, Md. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 12, at St. Edmond Catholic Church in Rehoboth. Rev. William Cocco will officiate, and Rev. George Patterson will assist.
A donation in his memory may be made to Ocean City Paramedic Foundation, 1409 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842; St. Edmond Catholic Church, 409 King St., Rehoboth, DE 19971; or Beebe Healthcare, 424 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958.
Letters of condolence may be sent via burbagefuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.
