
She was a member of the Air Park Baptist Church. Moss was a lifelong Gainesville resident and a homemaker. Mary Ellen Moss of Starke died Saturday at the E.T.


five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Susan DiFranco of Gainesville a son, George Steven Halford of Wallingford, Vt. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Tina L. She also enjoyed line dancing, fishing, roller coasters, plants and the ocean. She was a member of the Gainesville Lions Club, the Barnacle Busters, the Florida Council of the Blind, and TOPS. She had worked as a caretaker and a waitress. She moved to Gainesville from Miami in 1995.
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“I roamed the countryside and played in the creeks near my home, not knowing that eventually this town, like many up and down the east coast, would end up on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund list,” said Mazaika. “But that tragedy came long after one of my first college professors, who exemplified what Rachel Carson stood for - thoughtful consideration and understanding of the world around us - inspired me to leave my studies in Pennsylvania and move to Maine where I studied ecology.” Mazaika’s nature-filled childhood, plus time in Maine’s dense woods, compelled her to follow Rachel Carson’s path to work on ecological and climate issues.

Like Rachael, Rosemary Mazaika, a Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist with the Bonneville Power Administration, grew up in a small “Industrial Revolution town” near the Blue Mountains.

In 1962, Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring drew national attention to the environmental crisis, explaining how agricultural chemicals, pesticides, and other commonly used materials were negatively impacting the environment and the animals and people who call it home.
