Mary Moody Way (Queens)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of 99th Street and 35th Avenue
Honoree: Mary Lena Waller Moody (1924-2021) was committed to her community in Corona for most of her life. She was a volunteer for four years with the Board of Education and later became the president of the Parent Teacher Association of P.S. 92 in Corona, Queens. In 1962, she was offered a job as a school aide at P.S. 92 and later became the school’s paraprofessional. In 1975, she was offered a supervisory position for the paraprofessionals within the district, which included the hiring and dismissal of employees. She also managed the payroll and was accountable for 25 schools in School District 30. She retired from the Board of Education in 1995. She also owned a resort and children’s camp which she called Moodie’s Lodge in Moodus, Connecticut, which served communities of all ethnicities to spend quality time with their families outdoors during the summer months. She served as a Girl Scout Leader for five years at the First Baptist Church in Corona; was an election inspector in the neighborhood, supervised the Saturday educational program for children at Grace Episcopal Church; owned and operated Big City Realty, which help provide residences for low income families in Corona; and provided daycare services for working mothers in Corona. She was involved in other community efforts including supporting the Flushing Meadow Soap Box Derby and collecting toys for disabled children at Goldwater Hospital. She received many citations and awards in her lifetime, but two highlighting experiences of her life were being crowned Miss Fine Brown Frame of Harlem, and receiving the City Proclamation of “ Mrs. Mary Moody Day” at City Hall in October 2019. (Moya)
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