Month: May 2009

Celebration of Life

A Celebration of Life service was held on May 31, 2009 at St Paul’s Episcopal Church

The service was officiated by Rev Joy A. Rose, TSSF and Rev Sanda S.W. Taylor

Jeremy Moon opened the service by singing “Bring Him Home”

Scripture was read by family members:
Hymns were sung by everyone present:

The Homily was delivered by Pastor Sandy

During Communion we were led in song and music:

  • Jesus, Remember Me
  • On Eagles’ Wings

THE CHRISTIAN’S COMFORT

The Christian’s comfort in sorrow is to be found,
not in the memory, but in the presence of the one we love.
The Christian is in God; the departed one is in
God, too, only nearer to Him than we on earth.
One is on this side of the veil, the other on that.

By coming nearer to God the living and the dead come
nearer to each other in Him, non in any physical manner by
sight  or sound or touch – that would be only to restore
what is most imperfect and what death was meant to end-
but in the deep, hidden bonds that bind the sould of them that
love God together.

Thus prayers and good works and Holy Communion and the
personal love of Jesus become the comfort of one that
sorrows, not because they make one forget or benumb one’s
feelings, but because through them the soul is being drawn
nearer to God.  Thus there comes to be a deep meaning in
the benediction ‘Blessed are they that mourn’

Newspaper Article

Maryland Independent


Man killed in single-car accident
Son says heart disease caused therapist’s death

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
By BETHANY RODGERS
Staff writer

A 65-year-old psychological therapist died Monday after his car struck a utility pole in La Plata, according to police.

An autopsy showed that Lewis Oscar Moon’s cause of death was heart disease and that he had no serious injuries from the accident, his son, Brendan Moon, reported.

Moon of La Plata was driving north in the 900 block of Washington Avenue when his car drifted off the road, police reported. The car collided with a pole at about 10:43 p.m., according to Moon’s sons.

Moon was transported to Civista Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at about 11:30 p.m.

The La Plata resident was working on Monday night and was probably heading to pick up some office supplies at a store when the accident happened, said Brendan and Jeremy Moon, his two sons.

Staying late at the office wasn’t unusual for Moon, who owned a counseling center with his wife and often worked from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to accommodate the schedules of his patients.

As a therapist, Moon listened well and was particularly good with children, his sons said.

“He always took the time to let kids talk a lot,” Jeremy Moon said.

In his off-time, Moon liked reading, boating and spending time outdoors. But mainly, he liked to help out other people.

Even when he went on walks, he’d find ways to serve, said his sons.

“We’d be walking through the woods, and he’d start picking up other people’s trash,” Brendan Moon said.

“Serving was part of his everyday life,” said Jeremy Moon, who added that his father went to New York City after Sept. 11 and volunteered at Ground Zero. “He was always looking for the little ways to help people.”

Lewis Moon was an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Waldorf and a member of the Audubon Society. He was married to Sharon Moon for 43 years and had two granddaughters, according to Brendan Moon.

A celebration of life service will be held for Moon at 5 p.m. May 31 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Officer S. Stanley of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation.

Sheriff’s Report

FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH: On May 25 at 11:41 p.m., Lewis Oscar Moon, 65, of La Plata, was driving north in the 900 block of Washington Avenue in La Plata when he drifted off the roadway and struck a telephone pole, causing the vehicle to overturn. Moon was transported to a nearby hospital where he died a short time later. Officer S. Stanley of the Traffic Operations Unit is handling the investigation.