The Columbus Dispatch    Thursday, September 16, 2004
 
Moriarty, Marion "Honey" Block , 82, formerly of Columbus, passed away on
April 17, 2004 in Woodbridge, Virginia. Born October 21, 1921, the youngest
child of Verena (Haberstick) and Leon Block, Mrs. Moriarty, a 1939 graduate
of South High School and alumnus of the well-known Stella Becker Dancing
School, was a member of the world-famous Radio City Rockettes in New York
City from 1941-1956. During the early part of her career as a Rockette, she
danced with her sister Isabel; on July 4, 1941 they were the first pair of
sisters to dance on the "Great Stage" of Radio City Music Hall. She was also
one of six Rockettes in Bob Hope's Christmas variety show entertaining
American servicemen participating in the 1948 Berlin Airlift. Married in
1953 to Timothy Moriarty, she left the Rockettes, remaining in New York and
raising two sons, Timothy Jr. and Joseph. Returning to the workforce in the
1980's she worked for Dr. Norman Vincent Peale at Marble Collegiate Church
and the New York City Board of Elections before moving to Virginia in 1992
to be near her sons. She is predeceased by her parents, her husband, her
sister Isabel, and her brother Robert. She is survived by her brother
Pierson "Pete" Block of Columbus; her sons; two grandchildren, Danielle and
Liam Moriarty; her daughter-in-law, Ramona "Rae" (Joseph) Moriarty; and her
"sister" Rockettes - past and present, including two of her best friends,
Mrs. Alex (Janice Davis) Himler of Bexley and Mrs. William (Eleanor "Tinky"
Dunne) O'Neill of Indiatlantic, FL. Inurnment will be 11 a.m. Saturday,
September 18th at Green Lawn Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Gerald Koster
officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American
Cancer Society or the American Parkinson Disease Association in her memory.
Arrangements by SCHOEDINGER HILLTOP CHAPEL. 
 
Obit courtesy of Mary Anthony Holland mholland@cfl.rr.com