Obituaries - November 29, 2012 - Valerie L. Mulloon
Valerie L. Mulloon, 64, the wife of the Rev. Albert Moser, a retired Elder serving Macedonia UMC in Odenton, died Nov. 29, 2012, after battling cancer for some time. The Rev. Ken Hawes officiated at her Memorial Service Dec. 2 at Hughes UMC in Wheaton. District Superintendent Evan Young did the eulogy. The Men’s Choir from Macedonia UMC participated.
She was born April 17, 1948, the first-born child of John and Dorothy Mulloon, who survive. She was educated in Catholic schools, through the seventh grade in the Bronx at St. Thomas Aquinas, and Mater Christi High School in Astoria, Queens. She was an honor student. In 1972 she graduated with honors from SUNY College in New Paltz, N.Y., in Early Child Ed and Speech and Hearing Pathology. She received a Masters degree in Speech Pathology.
The Montgomery County, Md. school system employed her in 1974 for services through Head Start, where she became part of an early intervention program known as Child Find.
She and the Rev. Albert Moser married in 1978. They had one son. She was always supportive in his several churches – Asbury-Mt. Zion in Shepherdstown, 1977-79, St. Paul UMC in Oxon Hill, 1979-83; Rockville Charge, 1983-89. Gethsemane, 1989-1995, then Mt. Zion in D.C. until 1999; Clinton, 1999-2004; for two years at Hughes UMC in Wheaton as associate, then in 2006 to the Macedonia/John Wesley/Waterbury Charge until his retirement in 2012
In a resolution, the Montgomery County Board of Education’s Dec. 11, 2012 meeting,:paid tribute to her: “The death … of Ms. Valerie Mulloon, instructional specialist in Early Childhood Disabilities, Child Find, has deeply saddened the staff, students, and members of the Board of Education; … During the 38 years (she) had worked for Montgomery County Public Schools, she was a calm, steady presence and served in multiple roles for the Child Find office and worked effectively with parents, professionals, and support staff … (and she) connected preschool special education services to the wider early childhood community …”
Survivors in addition to her husband include a son, Mark Mulloon Moser of New Carrollton., one granddaughter, and her parents
Condolences may be sent to Rev. Al Moser, 2615 Telluride Place, Silver Spring, MD 20906 or via email at .
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