April 1945 marked two momentous events. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage and my brother Craig was born. He weighed 2 lbs, 9 oz at birth and spent his first three months in an incubator at Ellis Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. His survival was truly miraculous. He was the only child of Phyllis (Hoopes) Moon and Dr. Cecil L. Moon, Sr..
Upon graduating from high school he joined the US Navy and served aboard the USS Mansfield during the Vietnam War. Honorably discharged as a first class petty officer after four years, he used his acquired skills in engineering and refrigeration as a basis for a lifetime career with various segments of the appliance industry. Most recently he was a national account manager for Bosch-Siemens.
His avocational interests were mostly athletic including off-road biking, cycling, handball, and skiing, his first love. As current president of IBEX, a leading Chicago ski club, he led the group to many mountain top (and downhill) experiences. An accomplished double black diamond skier he skied nearly every major and minor slope in North America and some in Europe.
He succumbed peacefully to cancer this morning at 1:30 am. He is survived by his wife Lynne, his brother, a nephew Martin Moon, a niece Jennifer Koch, 17 grand nieces and nephews, and three great grand nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents, his first wife Karla, and his nephew Cecil Moon, III. He is also survived by countless friends and business associates he made so readily over the years.
To those who have prayed earnestly for his recovery we ask for your further prayers that God will direct him over the shoals to his new encounter with the afterlife. A special thank you is directed to those who prayed for a painless peaceful departure.
Craig Richard Moon, rest in peace.
In His abiding love,
Cecil Moon
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