Extended time group advocate Bob Moon closes out a “satisfied lifestyle”
Extensive time Columbia resident Robert J. Moon, 81, died Nov. 18, 2020, of issues from pneumonia. Mr. Moon was born in Cherryvale, KS, on July 7, 1939, and invested his formative a long time in Blackwell, Ok, the place his relatives ran a nursery and floral shop. The oldest of six little ones, Mr. Moon graduated from Blackwell Superior College, adopted by a stint in the Army Reserves before attending Northern Oklahoma Junior Higher education, the very first in his relatives to show up at school, and then transferring to research architecture at Oklahoma State College where by he met his long run spouse, Jean F. Moon.
Although at OSU, Mr. Moon was President of the OSU Newman Club for Catholic students, as perfectly as Chairman of the Newman Club Texoma Province. Whilst nonetheless a student, he created a multipurpose Catholic student heart to change the dilapidated building which doubled as assembly house and low price tag housing for students, which includes him. Mr. Moon received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1965, and married days immediately after graduating. The pair swiftly relocated to Milwaukee, WI, wherever Mr. Moon commenced his professional career and the place the couple’s two small children, Elizabeth M. Singleton and Michael F. Moon, were being born. The spouse and children moved to Columbia, MD, in 1971, when Mr. Moon was made available a position at The Rouse Organization. He labored on industrial retail and place of work advancement initiatives just before taking a position in 1973 with the Pennsylvania Avenue Growth Corporation wherever he made a significant housing advanced.
Mr. Moon opened his have business, Robert Moon Architects, Inc. in 1981 and experienced places of work in the Columbia Flier Setting up which he had intended to property the publishing organization in which his wife was basic supervisor. In 1993, just after 5 many years of declining wellness, he obtained a heart transplant. He had shut his architecture observe but continued to layout structures and grew to become qualified at residential renovation initiatives for household users and good friends. Considerably less than a yr soon after the transplant, he attended the two-week Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine where he expanded his cabinetry abilities. He built a large studio addition to the spouse and children home and crammed it with woodworking tools, getting an attained home furnishings designer and builder. He afterwards attended Penland University of Craft in North Carolina and returned to Haystack in 2007 for a workshop on chair earning with his brother Anthony B. Moon. An Alexander Calder supporter, he also intended and constructed mobiles.
Mr. Moon’s civic get the job done provided tenure on Columbia’s Household Daily life Center Board of Directors exactly where he spearheaded renovation of the FLC constructing, donating his time and labor. As chair of “The Conquer Goes On,” a fundraiser for the American Heart Affiliation, he headed a tribute to cardiologist and good friend Dr. Michael Kelemen, whom Mr. Moon credited with saving his lifetime. He was a solid advocate of Richard Louv’s movement to battle childhood nature-deficit disorder and built a Children’s Garden & Playground for the Grassroots Crisis Intervention Middle. He established the Thunderhill Park Alliance in the hope of influencing programs for a children’s garden on the Smith house in Columbia.
Among the his other pursuits, Mr. Moon acquired to fly and acquired a Private Pilots License, took classes at The Writer’s Heart at St. John’s Faculty and Cheasapeake Writers’ Meeting, and attended the SOPHIA (University of Philosophy and Therapeutic in Motion) Software at the Maryland College of Integrative Wellness (previously Tai Sophia). He beloved to journey and frequented England, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and other nations around the world in the firm of his spouse and close friends, specifically the late Daniel and Mary Margaret Kamerman, Padraic and the late Ellen Kennedy, and Ralph and Esen Paradiso. He and his relatives appreciated various winter vacations in St. Croix, VI. The pair, their small children and grandchildren and spouses vacationed with each other for a 7 days each individual summer, most usually in Emerald Isle, NC. Mr. Moon relished a especially close marriage with his grandchildren who lived nearby in Columbia and who benefitted from his enjoyment at serving as their chauffeur, attending their university pursuits and getting them to neighborhood activities. He liked audio, theatre and the visible arts, as nicely as poetry readings, particularly these at the biennial Geraldine Dodge Poetry Pageant which he attended with his wife, daughter and son-in-law.
Mr. Moon expended his past times at Howard County General Medical center combatting pneumonia and entered Gilchrist the working day ahead of he died. Between his final phrases ended up, “I had a joyful existence.”
In addition to his spouse of 55 several years, Mr. Moon is survived by daughter Elizabeth M. Singleton (Timothy N. Singleton) of Columbia, son Michael F. Moon (Courtney S. Moon) of Columbia and 5 grandchildren: Dylan P. Singleton (Samantha R. Schmieder) of Washington, D.C, Julia M. Singleton (Jennifer M. Keller), Alexander R. Moon, Aidan M. Moon and Jackson H. Moon. He is also survived by brothers William F. Moon (Betty Moon) of Blackwell, Okay, Michael D. Moon of Decatur, GA, Anthony B. Moon (Marian Moon) of Edmond, Ok, and Sylvester C. Moon (Mary Moon) of Andover, KS. He was predeceased by dad and mom Sylvester F. Moon and Mary C. Moon and sister Eleanor E. Dockers.
Arrangement are becoming built for a virtual memorial company. Updates can be located at Witzke Columbia.