Jean Douglas Moore Amory, 92, of Vero Beach passed away on Jan. 17.
Amory is survived by her daughter Jeanne (Henry) Trudeau Fenn; her son, Garry (Jane Pauley) Trudeau; her daughter Michelle (Steven Potkin) Trudeau; and her stepdaughter Dita Amory (Graham) Nickson. She is also survived by six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Amory was born May 27, 1921 in Bronxville, N.Y. Daughter of Bertha Stone Moore and Thomas Channing Moore, she attended Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Conn. Her first marriage, to Francis B. Trudeau in 1942, ended in divorce in 1959. She later married Harcourt Amory, Jr., on Sept. 15, 1960. He pre-deceased her in 2006. Amory was the co-owner of an antique shop in New York City, and another in Bedford, N.Y. She was on the Board of the Blair House Restoration during the Kennedy Administration. She also served on the Board of the Hospital for Special Surgery for over 25 years, and was a member of the City Mission Benefit Board.
A service in Amory’s memory will be held at St. Mark’s Church in Vero Beach at 4 p.m. on Jan. 25 with reception to follow at the Oak Harbor clubhouse. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to: VNA Hospice of Indian River County, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960 or St. Mark’s Church, P.O. Box 6994, Vero Beach, FL 32961. Arrangements are under the direction of Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach. A guestbook is available online at www.strunkfuneralhome.com
