Bruce Allen Moore passed away on June 29, 2023, at Delaware Hospice Center in Milford. Born in Laurel, he was the 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 fiancée L.P. Cyburt of Ocean City. There are four grandchildren, Travis and Trevor, Tyler and Ashton. Also surviving are step-children 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, Ellen Casey, and nephew, Chris Sammelwitz.
Preceding him in death were his brother, Robert L. Moore, sister, Eleanor Paradee, nephew Mike Moore, nephew 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 United States 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 RE/MAX 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 the 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 was held at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin on July 11. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Edmond Catholic Church on July 12. William Cocco officiated and Rev. George Patterson assisted. A donation in his memory may be made to the Ocean City Paramedic Foundation, 1409 Philadelphia Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842, or St. Edmond Catholic Church, 409 King St., Rehoboth, DE 19971, or Beebe Healthcare, 424 Savannah Rd., Lewes, DE 19958. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin.