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Felicity " Felix " Moore | 1949-2021
By Bill Kass, Albuquerque NM
Felicity Moore passed away in Albuquerque on Dec.
25, 2021, her 72nd birthday. Born in Kent, Great Britain,
she moved to Jamaica in 1973 with plans to stay for three
years, but she remained for 27. She married her first husband,
a Scotsman with three teenage children. He died
unexpectedly five years later. She held a variety of managerial
positions during her time in Jamaica.
Felix discovered duplicate bridge in Jamaica and was
a member of the Jamaican national team. She acted as
president of the Central America and Caribbean Bridge
Federation for four years.
In 2000, she moved to New Mexico to marry David
Moore. In 2002, they were married to stave off threats of
deportation because she had only a six-month tourist visa
to stay in the U.S.
Soon after Felix moved to Albuquerque, she became
involved in Unit 374 and Duke City Bridge Club activities.
She taught bridge, chaired tournaments, directed club
games, edited the Albuquerque Navajo Trail Regional
daily bulletin, served on the Unit 374 board and was the
unit representative to the District 17 board.
Felix rescued the Albuquerque Regional about 15 years
ago when she was asked at the last minute to edit our
daily bulletin when the editor became sick. She stepped
in and immediately took over the job. (She was very good
at taking over.) One of the biggest obstacles that she had
to overcome was to produce the bulletin while occupyDianne
Raynor Morton | 1942-2021
Dianne Morton, 79, died on Jan. 3 following complications
from cancer. A loving wife, mother, sister, aunt,
grandmother and friend, Dianne was a natural leader
who exuded confidence and intellect. In 1995, Dianne and
husband, Kent, retired and settled in Williamsburg VA. She
had a lifelong passion for bridge, attaining the level of Gold
Life Master, and she was a 2017 Unit 110 Goodwill member.
Dianne's leadership skills were put into play again
when she became a club director. She led weekly duplicate
bridge games at Two Rivers Country Club, Williamsburg
Landing and Queens Lake. Dianne learned how to facilitate
BBO online games during the COVID pandemic, and
their popularity grew. At her death, she was a member of
the Unit 110 board.
Perhaps Dianne's biggest impact was as an ACBL-certified
teacher delivering several educational series each
year. She grew the game in Williamsburg not only by
teaching lessons to all levels of bridge players, but by encouraging
new players to come to her games and reinforcing
their attendance by always introducing them to more
experienced players and reminding them to " BE NICE. "
ing the same office space with Director-in-Charge
Gary Zeiger, who did a bit of
ranting of his own. She commented after
the tournament that she thought she had
passed that test, but requested to have
her own room at future tournaments. She
did a great job and earned Gary's lasting
respect for having tolerated his behavior.
Felix worked hard and played hard. She excelled at giving
instructions not only to those who were working on tasks
she assigned, such as caddies, but also when playing - to
her partner, the opponents, the rest of the room, the director
and even the deliverymen bringing supplies to the club.
Her energy was boundless even after being diagnosed with
cancer in 2016 and receiving multiple rounds of treatment.
As a player, Felix was aggressive and liked having the
last word in the auction (most of us do). I was proud to
play with her in the 2019 NABC in San Francisco and finish
in the top 20 of the four-session mixed pairs. She had
already had been treated for cancer for two years, yet had
the stamina to compete successfully in that event.
Felix is survived by a brother, a sister-in-law, three
step-children, six nieces and nephews, two great-nephews
and one great-niece. She is also survived by some of
her favorite partners and " Gyno Mafia " teammates. Jill
Burtram, Ann Economiddy and Mary Udell.
Everyone in the Albuquerque and District 17 bridge
community will miss her.
Her directing style embraced the three
F's: firm, fair and friendly. Her efforts
increased ACBL membership. New players
enjoyed moving into duplicate bridge
from the social game because Dianne's
games were friendly, yet popular with
the many advanced players in the area.
Dianne regularly volunteered for assignments
in support of the Unit 110 sectionals and District
6 regionals. A member of the Philanthropic Education
Organization (PEO), she trained other PEO members
to caddy at tournaments so they could donate their caddy
fees to PEO, which provides educational opportunities to
women. Since the ACBL began sponsoring The Longest
Day to support the Alzheimer's Association, Dianne was
an active leader in the annual events, encouraging participation
and directing one of the unit's games. She donated
all her director fees for The Longest Day and the Relay for
Life Cancer charity games so that both charities received
the full donations made by players.
Continuing Dianne's charitable legacy, the family requested
donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
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