Luisa Patriarca Moon Obituary (1950

Luisa Amargo Moon (Patriarca), 74, of East Point, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, January 15th, 2024. She spent her life caring for others in some capacity. Luisa came to the United States from Calauag, a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines in 1973 after graduating from the Marian School of Nursing in Manila, Philippines. She worked as a Registered Nurse at South Fulton Medical Center for over 30 years where she met some of her closest friends and was surrounded by a local Filipino community who became family. While working at the hospital she also volunteered in the clinic at St. John the Evangelist Catholic School where her daughter, Laura, attended as a child. She would later work as the School Nurse at the school for 5 years until 2019. She was a longtime parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and was involved with the Legion of Mary. Luisa also enjoyed taking Spanish classes at the H.J.C. Bowden Senior Multipurpose Facility in East Point. She was a member of the Philippine Nurses Association of Georgia. She enjoyed traveling to different countries with her relatives including Greece, Turkey, Spain, Jerusalem, England and Ireland. She also enjoyed random trips locally with friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Richard Moon, her brothers Gil Patriarca and Perfecto Patriarca, Jr. and her parents Perfecto Patriarca, Sr. and Rosalina Amargo Patriarca. Luisa is survived by her daughter, Laura Moon; brothers Florencio Patriarca (Marilou) and Miguel Patriarca (Fabiana) and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 27th at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church, with The Reverend Father Michael Onyekuru celebrating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in College Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. John The Evangelist Catholic School, 230 Arnold Street, Hapeville, GA 30354. Visitation will be Friday, January 25th from 5 until 7 p.m. at Donehoo-Lewis Funeral Home, Hapeville. 404-761-2171 To send a flower arrangement in memory of Luisa Patriarca Moon, please click here to visit our sympathy store. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Luisa Patriarca Moon, please click here to visit our sympathy store.