Ronald Mossman

RONALD MOSSMAN SR., OF ABSECON, PEACEFULLY LEFT THIS WORLD TO BE WITH HIS LORD AND SAVIOR ON MARCH 18, 2014, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. RONALD WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVED ONES INCLUDING HIS LOVING WIFE, NATALIE, WHO WAS BY HIS SIDE IN DEATH AS SHE WAS BY HIS SIDE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.

RON MOSSMAN WAS BORN IN 1932 IN ATLANTIC CITY. HE ATTENDED ATLANTIC CITY HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1946-1950 WHERE HE WAS AN ALL STAR BASKETBALL GUARD AND BASEBALL PITCHER. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ACHS ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME, IN MAY 2011, FOR HIS MANY OUTSTANDING ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, RON ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND ACTIVELY SERVED DURING THE KOREAN WAR ON THE U.S.S. MONSSEN DESTROYER AS A SONAR OPERATOR. DURING HIS YEARS IN THE NAVY HE CONTINUED TO PLAY BASEBALL ON THE NAVAL TEAM AS A STARTING PITCHER. IT WAS DURING HIS SERVICE THAT HE MET HIS BRIDE, AND LOVE OF HIS LIFE, NATALIE MOSSMAN WITH WHOM HE WOULD SPEND THE NEXT 61 YEARS WITH.

WITH NATALIE BY HIS SIDE, RONALD FULFILLED HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM OF BECOMING A BUSINESS OWNER. SINCE RON HAD “SAND IN HIS SHOES,” ATLANTIC CITY WAS THE ONLY PLACE TO START HIS BUSINESS. HE ESTABLISHED ATLANTIC TYPEWRITER COMPANY IN 1959 IN ATLANTIC CITY. IN 1980 HE CHANGED THE NAME TO MOSSMAN’S BUSINESS MACHINES AND MOVED OFF SHORE. HE AND NATALIE RAN THEIR BUSINESS TOGETHER FOR 40 YEARS BEFORE RON TOOK ILL AND HAD TO RETIRE IN 2004.

RON WAS VERY ACTIVE AND DEDICATED TO BETTERING HIS COMMUNITY AND SERVED ON MANY COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. HE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CHELSEA LITTLE LEAGUE AND COACHED CHILDREN IN SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. HE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATLANTIC CITY LIONS CLUB AND ALSO THE ABSECON LIONS CLUB, THE JAYCESS OF ATLANTIC CITY, THE ATLANTIC CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOUR CLUB COUNCIL AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ATLANTIC CITY JR. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE AROUND THE ISLAND SWIM IN ATLANTIC CITY AND WAS THE PARADE DIRECTOR FOR THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT FOR 22 YEARS.

IN HIS FREE TIME, RON WAS AN AVID GOLFER, BUT MOST OF ALL HE LOVED TO FISH. HE WAS NEVER AS HAPPY AS WHEN HE WAS OUT IN HIS BOAT “REELING THEM IN.” HE WAS ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND SUPPORTER OF THE ABSECON SPORTSMAN FISHING ASSOCIATION.

RONALD AND NATALIE RAISED THREE CHILDREN DEBRA (GLENN), THOMAS (BRIDGET) AND RONALD JR. THEY ALSO HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN BRAD, CORI AND TODD AND FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN BLAISE, TYLER, MASON, AIDEN AND NATALIA. RON WAS TREMENDOUSLY LOVED AND ADMIRED BY HIS WIFE, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.

VISITATION WILL BE 9AM TO 11AM, SATURDAY MARCH 22, 2014 AT PARSELS FUNERAL HOME, 324 NEW JERSEY AVE., ABSECON. A SERVICE WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW AT 11AM. BURIAL WILL BE AT LAUREL MEMORIAL PARK, EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ATLANTIC COUNTY, 1401 ABSECON BLVD., ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 08401. FOR ONLINE CONDOLENCES, PLEASE VISIT WWW.PARSELSFH.COM.