Edi Moore

Edi Moore led a rare and gifted life. She did not ask for much and she gave everything. On September 23, 2024, the loving eyes and majestic piano-playing fingers of Hazel Edythe (Edi) Moore came to eternal rest.

Edi was born in the Chicago suburbs on August 22, 1936 to Roger and Virginia Groff. Her sister Karen (Dalton) was her best friend. Edi’s mother was a piano teacher. By the age of 12, Edi was tutoring her mother’s beginning students. In college, she majored in music at Albion College and later at Michigan State University. She married Roy Moore in 1957. Later they moved to California with their three children; Daughter Kim (Dodd), and the twins, son Kevin and daughter Katie (Beresini). While raising her children, she also started teaching piano. Later Edi's parents and sister Karen all moved to California. Karen’s daughter Lisa became like a daughter to Edi.

Thirty years ago, Edi and Roy found they loved Tucson and moved here. They became avid hikers and bird watchers. She and Roy became ushers at Tucson Symphony Orchestra. Edi continued teaching piano. She also became a hiking guide at Sabino Canyon.

Her family was her greatest love. She was loved as a daughter, sister, wife, mom, aunt, and grandmother. Every role was another source of life and love for her. Most people saw how her eyes genuinely reflected what she felt, which was mostly the loving-kindness in her heart.

After losing her husband and son to cancer just as COVID was beginning, Edi found herself with more free time. To manage her grief, she immersed herself in practicing piano for two hours every day. Neighbors were telling her how much they loved her piano playing. Eventually she was putting on free concerts for all of the neighbors. Later, with the help of friends, she produced seven volumes of her music onto CDs.

Edi was a beacon of love wherever she went. From her family and life-long friends, to neighbors past and present, as well as to her many friends from Eckankar, hiking, bridge, and music she left an indelible and positive legacy of love.

In her final days, when she was fully exhausted by the pain and disruption in her body and speaking was difficult, her eyes were the key to understanding how she was doing. As many friends visited her one after another, it seemed she might be too exhausted to continue, but when we looked at her and saw her eyes so brightly full of love for each person speaking to her, we knew she was fine. Edi was at her best sharing love to each person who made the effort to be there. She did not ask for much, and she gave everything.