Vern B. Moore

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Vernon Basil (Vern B.) Moore (born September 23rd, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died May 11th, 2006, also in Toronto) was a Canadian newspaper man and figure in Toronto's Catholic charities.

Moore retired from Le Droit (where he had been the major advertising figure for Toronto) in 1987 but remained very involved with both the Serra Club of Toronto (along with his wife Leonore, he was a major promoter of vocations to the priesthood- one of their sons is a Roman Catholic priest) and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul; he was also very influential in the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre holding the position of knight grand cross. He was instrumental in the movement of Providence Health Care Centre to its current location in 1962 and served as Chairman of the Board of Providence for fifteen years. He also served as the Director of Public Relations for the Canadian Red Cross Society.

He died May 11th, 2006 at Providence after a battle with lewy body dementia and heart disease. He was survived by his wife of fifty-eight years, four children and eight grandchildren as well as two daughters-in-law and one son-in-law.