Jeffrey Allen Moore left us on December 29, 2025 after devoted care by the Sunset Lake Adult Care Center’s staff and aides in Liberty, to whom we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude for their daily professionalism and thoughtfulness. He was 75 years of age.

Jeff was born to Ethel Helen (Hirschfeld) Moore and Howard J. Moore on June 11, 1950, in Roslyn, NY.

Jeff was the quiet and smart kid at the back of the classroom. At his fiftieth Roslyn High School reunion, he was flooded with gratitude from people who said they would not have passed their professional entry exams had not Jeff coached them on their math and physics skills.

He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with an undergrad degree in Economics in 1972, and with a Master’s degree in Business Administration in 1973. He graduated from NYU Law School in 1980.

Jeff leaves behind his former partner of twenty-three years, Elizabeth McAllister, with whom he created an artistic masterpiece of fun when they purchased and renovated the old Harvey Head barn in North Branch in 1985. The property boasted llamas, horses, and dogs of all kinds on 250 acres of cow pasture and woods. It was in this time that Jeff developed his business, Major Insulator Products. Elizabeth and Jeffrey were also instrumental in helping establish public radio station WJFF. Jeffrey was a strong environmentalist, active in the preservation and management of the BashaKill Area Association’s wetlands and a committed participant of the anti-fracking movement of New York State.

Maggie Winn Moore is the surviving wife of Jeffrey Moore, and now lives in Callicoon, NY. Maggie is tremendously appreciative of Jeff’s love of travel, theater, music and friends. He deeply appreciated this community, particularly Forestburgh Playhouse, NACL (with the LAVA theatrical acrobatic troupe), NERFA (with Slambovian Circus of Dreams), and Farms Arts Collective (with Tannis as Shakespeare’s wife at the barn!) Jeff frequently was at Bobby’s 1906 Restaurant and always took his morning coffee on his silo base, watching the cows of his good neighbors, the Peters, Carrier and Hess families.

Jeff influenced Maggie’s children favorably, as Emma Kate Dodson has a hopeless passion for dogs (never once did Jeff complain about getting up on a cold night to help a dog, blanket a horse or close a barn door). Mark Huston Dodson absorbed Jeff’s financial savvy. Mark is married to Marie M. Dodson and they have a family of two exuberant little boys, Atlas and Silas.

Jeff’s brother, Rick Moore, has been the anchor of support when Jeff needed him, particularly after Jeff’s heart surgery in 2012. Rick has been particularly thoughtful and attentive during these last bumpy few years. Rick and his wife, Helen, have a son, Travis, a daughter-in-law, Mia, and three grandchildren, Maple, Ezra, and Ira.

Jeff would want to thank:
• Dwain Wilder, his very evolved luthier, who handmade the dulcimers Jeff played.
• Cecily Fortesque, who shared his passion for throwing pottery and who borrowed his kiln when hers was “down.”
• His tennis group, which gave him great joy and cemented a long friendship with Howie Hart, in particular.
• His longstanding best friend David Ginsberg, the Mensa card-carrying appliance repairman whose business card read, “I can fix anything but a broken heart.”

Surviving relatives of the Moore family clan include brother Kenneth Steven Moore and his wife Pam, Howard and Elaine Krebs, Paul Simon, Shelly and Gordon Moore, Shlomit and Jonathan Mendilow, and Jessica Simon and her husband, Andrew MacIntosh.

Jeff was so proud of this family of his. Jeff’s end-of-life arrangements were made with Science Care, a lovely medical donation program.

Jeff did not want a memorial service recognition but would be so grateful for any acts of generosity to go to his beloved Delaware Highlands Conservancy, the regional land trust on whose Board of Directors he served for years. Donations can be made at: www.delawarehighlands.org/give.