Carol Rae (Moore) passed away this morning, June 24^th in Tampa, Florida at the age of 87.  She was born on September 21, 1938 in Titusville, Pennsylvania where she graduated high school in 1956.

Anxious to leave her small town behind, after graduating, Carol moved to Washington DC where she worked for the FBI taking and reading fingerprints.  From there, she moved to a variety of places to include Miami, Oklahoma where she worked for the Census Bureau, Los Angeles, California, where she was a bank teller, then returning to Titusville in the mid-60s.  In Titusville she worked at the former Sylvania and Penn Theater and even recorded a country-western record (45 rpm), the Gypsy and the Word.

From Titusville, she moved to Greenville, Pennsylvania, where she dabbled in the antique business and started a postcard business that was featured in the National Enquirer. She relocated Raleigh, NC and Front Royal, Virginia where she continued her book business.  From there, she moved to Tallahassee, Florida, and, finally, Tampa, Florida.

In 1988 she graduated from Thiel College with a Bachelor’s degree in communication.  She was a self-described artist and poet.

She is survived by her three daughters: Saoirse (Sheri) Mishler Staub, Kelly Mishler Akerley, and Summer Rae Garcia.  She has four granddaughters, Hannah, KT, Lina, and Etta; and two surviving sisters, Ginny (Moore) Monroe and Susie Moore.  She was preceded in death by her brothers, Carl, “Eddie,” and Gary.

No funeral or memorial will be held.  Carol chose to donate her body to the University of South Florida’s Forensic Science program to advance science.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Democratic National Committee.