Fern Moody

Juanita Fern Page Moody, 94, died of natural causes on Saturday, August 11, 2012. She was born November 20, 1917, at Plain, New Mexico, one of not a great number of native New Mexicans at that time. In 1918 her family moved to Pleasant Hill and in 1929 to Clovis, where she graduated from high school. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl Monroe and Mary Lou Moon Page, and by brothers Vondolee and Travis, and sister Leota. Fern married her lifelong husband Elias Thomas Moody, Jr., in Elida, New Mexico, on March 18, 1936. He preceded her in death in 2010. They lived and worked together through WWII while Tom served in the US Army Air Corps as a gunnery instructor on the B-29. After the war Tom’s career in the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish took them to all parts of the state. She joined the New Mexico State Highway Department and worked in the Roswell District and Santa Fe Headquarters offices, retiring in 1979 as a Management Analyst. Throughout their careers they traveled North America extensively. After retirement they enjoyed even more traveling, wearing out three or four motorhomes. They were accompanied on numerous of those trips by their grandchildren, instilling in them a love of their country and of traveling. Fern is survived by one son, Thomas M. Moody and his wife, Delpha Glover Moody; by grandson, Thomas R. Moody, wife Ami Davis Moody, and great grandsons Jordan and Jacob; by grandson, N. Clay Moody, wife Lorina Bossingham Moody, and great granddaughter, Skieler; and by grandson S. Levi Moody, great grandson, Garrett and great granddaughter, Kylee. Fern was of the First Christian faith, had a good life on this earth, and is now at rest with the Lord. Cremation is under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date and concerned parties will be advised. The family expresses their kindest regards for the tender and loving care provided to Fern by the caregivers and staff at Vila del Rey Assisted Living Center and VistaCare Hospice. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories in the online register book at andersonbethany.com Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

Fern Moody

November 20, 1917 - August 11, 2012