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Edward Moulton - Class of 1948
Submitted by Fran Olson Gustafson 1965 <fgustafson917@gmail.com>
on 23/Apr/2023
71.223.67.203
 Lt. Col. Edward C. Moulton Jr., United
States Air Force (retired), of Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY,
passed away on April 20, 2023 after a brief hospitalization.
Born at home in Newburgh, NY on May 13, 1930 at the onset of
the Great Depression, Ed was raised in Newburgh, where he
was a scrappy young man with a pretty good left jab as well
as an early appreciation of music and a love of singing. At
the age of ten, he joined the boys' choir at St. George's
Episcopal Church beginning what would amount to an 80 year
run of choral singing.
Ed graduated in 1952 from New Paltz College with a BA,
focusing on art and education. While there he met the love
of his life, Floranne Norma Terwilliger. They were married
shortly after graduation and were together over 60 years
until Floranne's passing in 2017. Ed joined the Air Force
upon graduation from college and the happy couple spent the
next twenty years raising a family of three children on or
around various air bases, initially in England and
subsequently across the U.S. in Texas, Delaware, Kansas,
Mississippi, Nebraska, and Alaska. Ed also served a year in
Thailand during the Vietnam War where he was awarded a
bronze star for meritorious leadership of an avionics
squadron which maintained the most diverse, exotic, and
closely monitored systems in the Air Force.
Upon retirement in 1972, Ed and Floranne settled in
Cornwall-on-Hudson where he would spend the next half
century, working as a real estate agent, broker and
appraiser and also serving as Mayor of the Village for an
unprecedented 26 consecutive years. As Mayor, Ed
accomplished many things he was proud of, including
significant improvements to the village's water system, the
creation of Donahue Park on the river with the
shelter/gazebo, the purchase of the current Village Hall,
DPW facility enhancements, the bandstand in the center of
the Village, as well as sidewalks to enhance the walkability
of the Village and significant beautification efforts
including the planting of many trees.
Ed was very active in the local community including holding
leadership positions at St. John's Episcopal Church and the
Lion's Club. He also enjoyed rounds of golf at Storm King
and playing bridge with friends, and was a life-long Yankees
fan. Ed also loved to paint, particularly landscapes of the
Hudson River, and he and Floranne loved to travel the world
keeping in touch with Air Force friends.
Ed was predeceased by his younger brother Gary N. Moulton
and sister Dorothy Lee Moulton. He is survived by his three
children and their spouses: Anne Elizabeth Parkhurst
(husband David) of Gifford NH, Edward Curtis ('Curt')
Moulton III (wife Janet) of Ossining NY, and Mary Lee Koch
(husband Alan) of Myrtle Beach SC. He is also survived by
seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A service of Christian burial is scheduled for Saturday May
20, 2023 at 11:00am at St. John's Episcopal Church at 66
Clinton Street, Cornwall NY. In lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to St. John's. - May 13, 1930 - April 20, 2023
Arrangements are entrusted to Quigley-Sullivan Funeral Home,
Inc.; to send condolences, please go to www.Quigleybros.com
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