Mrs. Moakler had a long and storied career working in health care as a registered nurse and then with the provincial government before retiring in 1984. From the time she graduated in 1945 until her retirement, Mrs. Moakler worked in many different places throughout Newfoundland including a stint on the coastal hospital boat, the MV Lady Anderson, which serviced the south west coast of the Island. For some people, Mrs. Moakler’s claim to fame was her return home to Bell Island in 1965 as the first Director of Nursing and administrator of the Dr. Walter Templeman Health Care Centre. Mrs. Moakler would argue that her claim to fame is being the first person to administer penicillin in Newfoundland and Labrador while she was still in training at the old General Hospital.