Christine Moser

Christine was stunningly beautiful, athletic, hilarious, articulate and steadfast in her devotion to her daughters, her family, her friends and to life itself.

Christine was born the third daughter of eight children to Dan and Doris (Herrmann) Downey in West Palm Beach, FL.

She was the prettiest, spunkiest, and funniest of those children. She was also the tiniest, which made her the most fearless.

Christine was a graduate of Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, FL where she met her future husband, Tom Moser, who was the inspiration to her athletic achievement. Christine was hard to keep up with. Always a physical fitness enthusiast, she challenged her family and friends to play tennis, hike, run, swim and bike, and always outdid everybody. She particularly embraced cycling after her husband's death and biked all over the world. In testimony to her unflagging resolve and strength, Christine was biking up until a few days before she died.

After Cardinal Newman High School, she graduated from Florida State University with an English Literature degree. She was the first in her family to spend a semester abroad (Florence, Italy), leading the way for her sisters and brothers, her daughters and her nieces and nephews.

Christine had a career in sales was a born saleswoman. When she worked at the Courreges boutique on Worth Avenue and later at Burdines, customers would say: "I want to buy what you have on." At Wang Computers, she was known as "the closer."

Christine was a community activist and volunteered at her daughters' schools as a librarian, receptionist or whatever was needed, partly to keep her eye on her girls. She used to say being a mom was 50% parenting/50% private eye! In her college days Christine read literature to blind students. After raising her daughters, Christine finished a career dedicated to helping others at the Big Brother/Big Sister organization.

Christine was predeceased by her husband of over twenty years, Dr. Thomas V. Moser, and her parents.

She is survived by her three daughters Alexandra, Anna, and Sophia, her four sisters and three brothers, and a large extended family including her husband's brothers and sisters and many good friends who loved her.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at St. Marie Church, Notre Dame Ave. Burial was held at Mount Auburn, Cambridge on Saturday, June 6, 2015. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her memory to: Shawn Fitzgibbons, Mass General Development Office, ALS Research, 100 Cambridge St. Suite 1310, Boston, MA 02114.