He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years Norma Jean (Monnin) and his four children Susan (Jim) Anderson, John T. (Marianne) McCloskey, Lisa (Todd) Johnson and Mark McCloskey, 8 grandchildren, and 2 brothers Tom and Ed McCloskey. "John was a person who traveled his entire life. The S.S. Rose City was an oil tanker 894 feet long, 105 feet wide and 64 feet deep, whose vast tanks Ordinary Seaman Moynihan had to explore to help fix a possible leak. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Dr. Thaddeus Honore and Lucy Bowman Gueymard, of Morgan City, La. They both enjoyed hiking and the mountains especially doing it together. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. Moynihan graduated from Wesleyan with high honors in General Scholarship. passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. In what was just one of the many coincidences connected with her son's death, she said, she noticed that one of his nurses, a petite Hispanic woman, had a gold chain with her name, Selena. Thomas Firestone officiating. It wasn't escaping; it was a totally positive thing.. After serving in Korea, Corporal John W. McCloskey was honorably discharged in 1952. He passed away from complications related to advanced. Part of this books drama and there are many dramatic moments is Moynihans barely suppressed fear of being thrown overboard or getting punched out. He was, he writes, dangerously alienated.. I loved Big John! Pat Moynihan and Liz Brennan, a Massachusetts native, met while working on the staff of New York Gov. I thought it was wonderful," she said of John's account. The Rose City was decommissioned and became a hospital ship, and was the first that arrived in Haiti after the earthquake. Waltham - Mr. John W. McCloskey, of Waltham, died on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at Maristhill Nursing Home, Waltham. "Liz is brilliant, creative, determined, generous and altogether super-amazing," said Callahan, the director of "The Bungalows of Rockaway.". Additionally, survived by his aunt Susan McCloskey Kelleher and her children. West Bountiful, UTJohn Francis McCloskey, 72, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022 at his home in Bountiful, Utah with his wife, Michelle, by his side. "He had nice friends. John Chester McCloskey. "What would the executives of Texaco do if they knew a 20-year-old beer-drinking ex-hippie who had been out to sea for only two and a half days was controlling the destiny of one of their largest supertankers?". Rest in our Lord's peace Jack. "His wife Elizabeth, daughter Maura, and sons Timothy and John were with him throughout his time in the hospital," a statement from the family said. She added about her son: "He was one of those people who made life interesting for people who were around him. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Arthur John McCloskey (Yonkers, New York), who passed away on April 11, 2020. From the hat I was wearing to my complete ignorance of the technical jargon, he writes, I was a pathetic joke., Things became much worse for Moynihan when word got out that he was a senators son. To plant trees in memory, please visit the. "Liz was not going to rest until her son John's vivid account of life on the Rose City lived as a book in some form," said her friend the documentary filmmaker Jennifer Callahan. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. How could I put my child at such risk?" Please know that you all are in my thoughts and prayers. Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church 503 Convent Ave, Pascagoula, MS 39567. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The Voyage of the Rose City: An Adventure at Sea, the senior thesis of John Moynihan 82, was published this fall, 29 years after his graduation and seven years after his death. Tom served in the US Navy and worked at Franklin . A friend of his mother's underwrote it to speed up the process and a suitable liver was flown from Puerto Rico. Stories of young men at sea have fascinated readers for centuries. John Moynihan, who died in 2004, was the son of New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who as a young man had been in the Navy and worked on the New York City docks. The result is The Voyage of the Rose City, published posthumously. John was born in Houlton, Maine on March 9, 1930, the son of Grover C. and Henrietta (Morton) McCloskey. DAVID JOHN McCLOSKEY. "He was proud to have been born in Albany the 'longest baby ever born in that hospital,' according to family lore and he had listed being a 'native Albanian' as a key accomplishment," Smart recalled. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. He illustrated a music history, "Rock 'n Woodstock," in 1994. He was 76. The senator worried. He's good company on the page.". Burial will follow at Arlington National Cemetery. Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families. A funeral Mass is scheduled for Monday at St. Patrick's Church in Washington, a family spokesman said. If you need to flag this entry as abusive. 08/23/1941 - 08/24/2015. Dear Joan and Sloan, I am so sorry for your loss. 'Defining deviancy down you know, that kind of thing," Elizabeth Moynihan said. If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in New York. Like most crew members, he took a turn at the helm. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. Waltham, Find an obituary, get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers or gifts in memory of a loved one. She had 100 copies privately printed for friends and family. The best poems for funerals, memorial services., and cards. A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. "And I said the strangest thing to him: 'If you don't want to do it, don't do it.'". A brother and a son, he is survived by his parents Herbert Sloan and Joan Gueymard McCloskey of Morgan City, La., and by his sister, Sara Virginia McCloskey of New Orleans. MOYNIHAN, John R. -- Age 48, of Flint, died July 25, 2011.Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, July 29 at Sharp Funeral Homes and Cremation Center, 6063 Fenton Road, Flint, Fr. Even though we were thousands of miles apart he always found time to touch base with us whether we called him or he called us. Select boxes below to reduce the number of results. The ship itself is a magnificent envelope of steel; a lineup of prostitutes in the Far East (the author apparently remained chaste during these adventures) resembled the cast from Night of the Living Dead., The book is stuffed with memorable sights: the lights of Cape Town at night; the acres of phosphorescence kicked up in the Rose Citys wake; a huge, fiery meteorite smashing into the ocean. It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. "His father was that way he was that way until Kennedy was killed," Moynihan said. The authors mother, Elizabeth Moynihan, however, was an ardent sailor who, as she writes in this books preface, immediately set about helping him.. He is survived by his loving Burial arrangements under the direction of Green Acres Memorial Park. About Christopher McCandless, Jon Krakauer quoted James Joyce in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. You could say something similar about John Moynihan in his best moments aboard the Rose City, even if his adventures were not as ecstatic or insane as McCandlesss. John B. McCloskey, 67 of Clifton Heights, PA passed away peacefully November 23, 2022.