Lauretta Moore

December 31, 1948 - February 14, 2022

Lauretta Moore, 73, of Old Bridge, NJ, passed away on Monday, February 14, 2022, at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Lauretta was born on December 31, 1948 to Rocco and Marie (Battaglia) Fiore in Jersey City, NJ. Lauretta worked as a manager in the Dry Cleaning Industry before her retirement. She has lived in Old Bridge since 1975 and was a communicant of St. Ambrose Church in Old Bridge. Lauretta loved spending time with her son watching the Mets, going to bingo and talking with her girlfriends. She always had a beautiful manicure and a love for shopping. She was a fighter, a two time kidney recipient who made history for the longest living kidney recipient, not from a sibling. In 1983 she received her father's kidney until she needed a new one in 2015 when John gave his for her. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Moore in 1996 and loving sister-in-law Joan Moore. Lauretta is survived by her son, John Moore; her brother, Ronald Fiore, and his wife Carol; her nieces, Christine Smith (husband Michael); Christine Dorko (husband John); Jeanine Fiore; Lauren Fiore; her nephews, Jamie Fiore(wife Christine); Brian Fiore (wife Nicole); 2 great nieces and 6 great nephews; her most treasured friends; Liz Tyburczy (husband Ron), Lucille Armienti (husband Dan), Janet Dalessandro, and Kathy Moriarty. In Leiu of flowers we humbly ask to consider a donation to assist in covering funeral costs during this difficult time. With Gratitude: GoFundMe, https://gofund.me/6223a4ce. Visitation will be held Sunday, February 20, 2022, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM at Bedle Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 212 Main St., Matawan, NJ. 07747 Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 21, 2022, 10:30 am at the St. Ambrose R.C. Church, 96 Throckmorton Ln., Old Bridge, NJ. 08857 Burial will follow in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery on Old Bridge Turnpike, East Brunswick, NJ