Anne Margaret (Tilbrook, Dunn) Moon

(Readers who know Anne will not be surprised that she wrote this herself, except the date, which she knew was coming soon. Please add your own memories and tributes in the guestbook below so that I can compile them in a keepsake book this site offers) 

Having visited every continent and over 50 countries, Anne has taken her last journey. She died with minimal fuss, as she would have wanted, at home on Aug 22 2025.

Born in a coal cellar in Sheffield during the Blitz, to Frank and Margaret Tilbrook, she lived in Nigeria as a child and came to Canada with them in 1953. She graduated from the former Ryerson Institute of Technology in 1961, working as a journalist at the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Star before specializing in health communications for the City of Toronto and the Ministry of Health. She volunteered at Paper Things, the shop in Toronto's Yorkville that supported the National Ballet of Canada, and was on the board of the Toronto YWCA, where she played a major role in running the Women of Distinction dinners.

She moved to Victoria in 1996, where she encountered the Raging Grannies. She edited a book about them, helped organize their UnConvention and happily raged where the cause seemed relevant. One of her proudest accomplishments was having her picture on a T-shirt in the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, showing her being hauled out of a building by police.

She was a founding member of the Victoria Car Share Co-op, enjoyed aquafit classes at Crystal Pool, helped run fund-raising dinners for Africa, read to seniors, corrected typos for Dance Victoria, sat on the board of St. John’s Court, proofread for St. John the Divine Anglican church, enjoyed two book clubs, and volunteered for Pacific Opera Victoria and the St. John the Divine Food Bank. She also volunteered in Kenya, Zambia and Argentina.

At her final home, The Glenshiel, she helped run the library, and offered programs on current events. She had passions and pals galore, acerbic wit, feminist fervor and relish for an occasional squabble with authority.

Her motto, inscribed on a cushion given by a friend: “I’m not bossy, I just have better ideas.” And she did. (Lisa's note: close friends and family might call this trait "aggressive helpfulness")

She was predeceased by her parents, brothers John (1946), Stephen (1994) and David (2020) and leaves her loving daughter Lisa Gordon (Don), a recently-discovered half brother, Tony Kerry, in the UK, five nephews and nieces, dozens of cousins around the world (she met all but one of them) and many tolerant loving friends.

She wanted no service but would appreciate a grand party—she loved to throw parties, preferably involving costumes and chocolate cake. (Grand party plans are slow but coming.)

P.S. IGNORE the request for tree-planting & flowers below. Those are not our words but are the price of using this free site. We have enough flowers now. If you feel moved, please make a gift to a charity meaningful to my mum. Listed in her Will are: Dance Victoria and The Glenshiel Housing Society. But anything that alleviates suffering of humans, elephants and hippos would be aligned with her values. Feel free to announce such gifts in the guestbook. Thank you!