Obituary for John R. McCloskey Sr. John R. "Jack" McCloskey, Sr, 69, of Boyertown, died April 9, 2012 in Joanne's House at Hope Hospice, Bonita Springs, FL. He died in Australia at 44 of a sudden ailment in 2004. Something motivated me toward the Seafarers International Union to get my Z-card and a job out at sea. Waltham, John was an accomplished, singer/songwriter, and performer. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. It doesnt hurt that he could tell filthy jokes, and hold his own in the beer-drinking department. 20), Waltham on Wednesday, January 18thfrom 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. before leaving in procession to Mt. John graduated from Lincoln High School. The book Moynihan left behind is far from great. Moynihan's appendix ruptured March 10 and he was taken to Washington Hospital Center for an emergency appendectomy. Stories of young men at sea have fascinated readers for centuries. Moynihan graduated from Wesleyan with high honors in General Scholarship. But word got out, and Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House, was very interested indeed. She undertook to have it published privately - just 100 copies for family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents John H. and Helen McCloskey, a grandson and a niece. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". He was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of Economics and received a doctorate from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Please accept Echovita's sincere condolences. "So well-written and so honest - not in any way judgmental or condescending. John Gueymard McCloskey (March 26, 1969 September 25, 2020) A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, John McCloskey died in his sleep of natural causes on Friday, Sept. 25, at the age of 51. I'm so sad and it's hard to believe he is gone! document.write('Thursday, March 27, 2003 Posted: 11:28 PM HKT (1528 GMT)
<\/span>'); When the Rose City cleaned its tanks between loads, it left a trail of pollution across several latitudes.. "Jack" Moynihan September 7, 1922 - November 9, 2019 Obituary In Paul Horgans writing tutorial, Moynihan made up for slow progress in the fall semester by grinding out 270 typewritten pages during winter break. "In a speech or an article he could describe a problem that most of us hadn't recognized yet in a way that most people could understand. Moynihan contributed a comic strip, "New Thermos," about a rural town council, to upstate weeklies, including The Mountain Eagle and Phoenicia Times in the Catskills, and provided political cartoons to those and daily newspapers. "It never occurred to me that a commercial publisher would be interested in it," Moynihan said, holding one of the limited-edition copies close to her. The young Moynihan had tried, at the time, to share the written account with his parents. Few people truly put their pets above their own needs. In 1965, Moynihan wrote "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," in which he emphasized the connection between fatherless families and increased welfare rolls. Online condolences may be sent to www.tobiasfuneralhome.com . With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. Some of those memorable sights indicate ecological despoilment. I thought it was wonderful," she said of John's account. His writing style is mature beyond his years, documenting the port-and-starboard glories of the sea as well as the coast of Africa and Japan. "You live on a cocktail of antibodies for the rest of your life. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Find service information, send flowers, and leave memories and thoughts in the Guestbook for your loved one. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was 76 and John McCloskey Moynihan, 44. Former reporter, Washington bureau chief, and editorial page editor for the Boston Globe. Theres more to know about The Voyage of the Rose City. The trip it recounts occurred in 1980. Dear Joan and Sloan, I am so sorry for your loss. Some of the parts he had a hand in designing and manufacturing are still on the surface of the moon. John finished his schooling and began his career as a Lab Technician, working in research and development roles for private companies, government agencies, along with academic research. Terms of Service apply. and paternal grandparents John Galbraith and Virginia Sloan McCloskey, of Pass Christian, Miss. "I kept rereading it. As he was given his assignment, he was told by a merchant marine bureaucrat, So far as anybodys concerned, your father is a bartender on the West Side., Once he was aboard the Rose City, however, the hardened crew members knew there was something off about him. He then chose to live and work in Cambridge, where his closest friends attended Harvard University. She told her that her ill son lying on the bed between them had been a Greek mythology major, and that the Greek goddess for the moon was Selene. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. But while his grandfather was born in Ireland, and he was in contact with relatives there, the various branches of her family have been longer in America. Wesleyan University All rights reserved. John was born in Houlton, Maine on March 9, 1930, the son of Grover C. and Henrietta (Morton) McCloskey. She had 100 copies privately printed for friends and family. Moynihan worked for John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign and went to work for the Labor Department in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, becoming assistant secretary for policy planning and research before leaving in 1965. From Mourning To Celebration: A Posthumous Book 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. Timothy Patrick Moynihan, son of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, died Jan. 9 at a friend's home in Connecticut where he went after several months of treatment for cancer, his friend, Paul Smart of Catskill, said. TheKirkusreviewer offers a heartbreakingly true summary: He brings the narrative to a satisfying close, only marred by the fact that the authors life was cut tragically short., Download a PDF of the complete article HERE, Have a story idea? McCloskey, John W. "Jack" PhD, 80, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018. Standard text messaging rates apply. Beyond his passions for sports and music, he also loved animals. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Arthur John McCloskey (Yonkers, New York), who passed away on April 11, 2020. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. Her younger son, though, whom she remembers simply as a "great kid," is never far from her thoughts. "I didn't know what else to do. That wasn't easy if she was in India, which she has visited 40 times doing research on the Moghul gardens. Email us at magazine@wesleyan.edu. A scholarly man with the air of a rumpled professor, Moynihan had a variety of interests. Timothy Patrick Moynihan, son of a senator, dies, Mom of child victim angered by resolution in case alleging rape, Police confirm body in Mohawk is Samantha Humphrey, Megna, a fixture in state government, to be budget director again, Floor and Decor to take over former Sears space in Colonie Center, At 100, WWII vet Bill Scharoun sets a USS Slater record, Raniere says he fears he could die like Whitey Bulger, Epstein, Memorial service Saturday for Samantha Humphrey, Albany Empire adding Antonio Brown to ownership group. The lines owe a debt to Roger Millers great song King of the Road. And they could have also been the motto of John Moynihan, who during the summer of his junior year at Wesleyan University decided to join the merchant marine and spent four months crossing the equator on an oil supertanker called the Rose City. In that tradition, John McCloskey Moynihan has written a stirringly authentic saga, The Voyage of the Rose City. Needham, MA JOHN MOYNIHAN OBITUARY MOYNIHAN, John R. "Jack" Formerly of Needham, June 19, 2020. ", The fact he was so intellectually respected was perhaps one reason that he could get by with what his widow described as a "mom and pop campaign.". Waltham, Born in Philadelphia to the late John P. McCloskey and Joan (Connor), he graduated from Deptford High School Class of 1975. Interment in Pentwater Township Cemetery, Pentwater, MI. Personal Quotes (1) [on JFK's assassination] Mary McGrory said to me that we'll never laugh again. "I said to this fellow: 'If Herman Melville had come to see you, "Moby Dick" would never have been written,'" she recalled. I knew he was dead. He chose real-life work worlds away. "Worker bees have a very good time, and I'm a worker bee," she said. His father died in 2003 and younger brother, John, in 2004. When I heard how tough it had been, I thought, how could I have done that?It was after he died that I was finally able to read the journal and then I was so struck by what he knew about himself and about the world that I kept re-reading it and it helped me enormously, she says. Then while packing boxes in his Florida home, he pulled a muscle. Moynihan's other important interest is her family, her two grandchildren in particular. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. I met there several times in the 1980s with John Moynihan, who lived nearby. John B. McCloskey, 67 of Clifton Heights, PA passed away peacefully November 23, 2022. John F. McCloskey Jr., 92, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia's commissioner of public property under Mayor William J. "But when I tried to read it, I was appalled. The Almanac of American Politics once described him as "the nation's best thinker among politicians since Lincoln and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson.". He was married to Nancy A. McGinnis on John "Jack" McCloskey, age 80, of High Point passed away December 13th in Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro. Moynihan grew up Coeymans Hollow, and then Syracuse, New York City and Washington, D.C. For most of his life, his family had a farm in Pindars Corners in Delaware County. They both enjoyed hiking and the mountains especially doing it together. Pic of Day: So here we are. Devoted father of Margaret A.. I just can't believe he is gone. Claudia and Tom Mallen.. He was preceded in death by his parents John H. and Helen McCloskey, a grandson and a niece. The Voyage of the Rose City is published by Spiegel & Grau ($22). February 26, 2021 John J. Zura, Jr., age 82 . Pat Moynihan, who was under-secretary at the Department of Labor, said to the Washington Star reporter: "I don't think there's any point in being Irish if you don't know that the world is going to break your heart eventually. Those desiring may make contributions to St. John Vianney School, Powers Catholic High School, or to the . Published by The Times-Picayune from Oct. 6 to Oct. 7, 2020. We all felt a great cloud had liftedwe were now celebrating his books publication rather than mourning his death, she notes.TheVoyage of the Rose Citywas chosen byNew York Timesbook critic Dwight Gardner as one of the 10 best books of 2011. Elizabeth Moynihan remembered that a proud father sent his son's work to his friend William Shawn, the editor of the New Yorker. 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 . 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. New York's other senator, Democrat Charles Schumer, paid tribute to Moynihan's intelligence and eloquence. A visitation will be held from 1-3p.m., on Saturday, October 10, at Amos Family Funeral Home, 10901 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas 66203. 'Defining deviancy down you know, that kind of thing," Elizabeth Moynihan said. His portraits of the other members of the crew are unvarnished but warm. MA 02453. on August 23, 1941. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? } An engaging young man of many talents and many interests, he had inherited his parents' sense of humor and sense of adventure. January 18thfrom 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. before leaving in procession to Mt grandson and a.... 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