Life Story

Ann McClatchey, daughter of Dean and Maxine McClatchey, was born and raised in Fairfield, IA. Dean was a United States Air Force pilot and flight instructor during WWII. Maxine was a fabulous stay at home mom with impeccable taste (think perfectly set hair, tailored dresses, and convertibles). Ann was the youngest to siblings Bruce and Kathy, who would later become her bi-costal counterparts…Bruce settling in San Francisco and Kathy in Philadelphia.

Ann gets a kick out of telling her own children stories of "roughing it" in her youth. "Dad would only let us choose between a 5 cent Dilly Bar or Ice Cream Sandwich at Dairy Queen" or how her father was nicknamed "The Warden". It was later discovered that life couldn't have been that hard as she had a horse to ride, a backyard swimming pool, and flights on dad's airplane for vacations. Her children then began to question her definition of "roughing it". When Ann was just starting her high school career Dean saw an opportunity in Kentucky and moved the family to Owensboro where Ann would attend Daviess County High School. This move was a bit of an adjustment for her as she, among other things, had never been told, "You sure do have a funny accent." Regardless, she enjoyed her high school years and somehow never developed a "normal accent".

After high school Ann attended Stephens College where she decided to break into broadcast journalism. It was a field which women were few in number. By attending a women's college, she was able to assume leadership roles within the program, and went on to be the producer and anchor of the campus television. After graduation Ann moved to Evansville where she had been offered her first job in the business, disc jockey and news reporter at WIKY radio. She later went on to be a reporter and anchor for WFIE channel 14 in Evansville, and then became a full time anchor at WTVW channel 7. This is where she would meet the love of her life.

Randy Moore was a sports reporter and later sportscaster at channel 7. Ann had never really considered dating a younger man (he was one year her junior). Randy never thought Ann would go out with him in a million years. Regardless he worked up the courage, asked her out, and the rest was history.

Ann and Randy Moore got married in 1984 at Neu Chapel on the campus of the University of Evansville and that same year became members of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. They would go on to raise three wonderful, smart, attractive, funny, loving, successful (ahem!) children: Erin, Meredith, and Andrew. After a well formulated argument on the responsibility a family pet could teach (i.e. begging), they would also adopt their long time faithful friend and companion Mocha.

There would be many birthdays, graduations, ball games, ballet performances, proms, family vacations, "fender benders", cross country moves, and holiday get togethers along the way. One thing that always remained consistent was the extremely tight knit nature of this family. All of their friends and extended family could see and would comment on this. Whether it was their off the wall sense of humor, lining up in a pew every Sunday at Aldersgate, or driving 9 hours in the blue Mazda mini van on a North Carolina mountain vacation, Ann and Randy always exemplified the values of great parenting, and placed emphasis on the importance of family.

In May 2007, at the age of 50, Ann was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, a devastating shock to family and friends. Ann decided to take her illness public in June. The response from the Evansville community and beyond was tremendous and continues to grow. She began a clinical trail in Indianapolis recently and has been responding well. Please read her blog or view entries in the video diary for updates on this new chapter of the Moore family story.

We know together we can beat this, and we want to thank everyone for all of the prayers and support.