Obituary
ROBERT WALTER MOSHER, BORN DECEMBER 5, 1951, IN BINGHAMTON, NY, DECEASED APRIL 18, 2022, IN TITUSVILLE, FL
OH THE LAST GOOD-BYES THE HARDEST ONE TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE THE COWBOY RIDES AWAY.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, AMBER (CHRIS) MIDDLETON, GRANDDAUGHTERS CIARA, CAYLA AND REBECCA, GRANDSON ETHAN, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS MAKENNA, NICOLE, RYLEIGH AND BROOKLYN, AND GREAT GRANDSON DEAN. SIBLINGS RICHARD (PAT), PAT (BILL), BRAD (TINA), DEB, AND MICK. IN-LAWS CONNIE (PETER), ALAN (GIGI), JULIE (DAVE), AND MANY BELOVED NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN HEART. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE AND CO-PILOT IN LIFE, CHRIS (SNOW), DAUGHTER COLLEEN, PARENTS RICHARD AND SHIRLEY, SISTER MARY, IN LAWS DALE AND J (MOSHER), AL AND FLO (SNOW), LAURA, WAYNE AND STEVEN (SNOW), AND MORE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN HEART THAN HE COULD COUNT.
ROB ATTENDED HARPURSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE ENJOYED AND PURSUED A LOVE OF SPORTS AND SOON TO BE WIFE, CHRIS. AFTER GRADUATING, ROB ENLISTED IN THE US AIR FORCE AND MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. INITIALLY HE WAS STATIONED AT ELLSWORTH AFB, SD, THEN LATER TRANSFERRED TO VANDENBERG AFB, CA WHERE HE HAD A LONG CAREER IN MINUTEMAN MISSLES, THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM AND SMALL ICBMs. IT IS THERE HE ALSO HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MUSIC CAREER WITH HIS BLOOD BROTHER IN THEIR OFF TIME. HE AND HIS FAMILY REMAINED THERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS 20 YEARS IN THE SERVICE. HE RETIRED IN 1990 WITH THE RANK OF MSGT AND AFTER MONTHS OF TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOVED HIS FAMILY TO TITUSVILLE, FL. AFTER WORKING AT THE SPACE CENTER FOR A SHORT TIME, HE VENTURED INTO ONE OF HIS DREAMS AND OPENED A MOTORCYCLE SHOP. THIS IS WHEN HE MET AND JOINED THE NAM KNIGHTS MOTORCYCLE CLUB. AFTER SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN BUSINESS, HE RETIRED FROM THE SHOP, SOLD THE BUSINESS TO LONG-TIME FRIEND AND PARTNER, THEN SHIFTED GEARS INTO ANOTHER OF HIS PASSIONS, CARPENTRY. AFTER HIS FINAL RETIREMENT, ROB AND CHRIS PURSUED ONE OF THEIR GREAT PASSIONS AND LOVES, TRAVELING. THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES TOGETHER THEY HAVE VISITED ALL 48 LOWER STATES AND ALL BUT A HANDFUL OF THE NATIONAL PARKS. AFTER HIS CO-PILOT PASSED IN 2018 ROB CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, MOSTLY DURING THE SUMMER, TO RETURN HOME TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY IN N.Y. ROB WAS ALSO A PROUD LIFE MEMBER OF VFW POST 4228, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 1, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES AND FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE HOSTING A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN ROB’S HONOR AT 4PM SATURDAY APRIL 30, 2022, AT THE VFW POST 4228, LOCATED AT 4411 CAPRON RD, TITUSVILLE, FL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE IN HIS NAME AND HONOR TO EITHER THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION OR FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION.
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