Francis Guy Moses' Obituary
Francis Guy Moses, age 77, of Wilmington, DE passed away peacefully on Friday, December 5, 2014 at the Seasons Hospice at Christiana Care Hospital. Francis (Guy to his family) was born at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and was the son of Francis Jasper Moses and Anna Byrd Moses of Elkton, MD. He graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Chemistry, and did post-graduate work at the University of Iowa in Ames, Iowa. An extremely intelligent man, Francis was accepted by MIT and CalTech to pursue his doctorate. He chose CalTech and graduated with a PhD in Chemistry. Francis spent his career at the Dupont Experimental Station. In his later years, he was a consultant in Environmental Compliance.
Francis enjoyed traveling, and he and his wife visited every state in the US. A wine connoisseur and a great cook, he also enjoyed reading and playing poker with his monthly poker group of over 20 years.
Francis is survived by his loving wife, Betty Jean; his sister-in-law, Barbara Norton; and niece Joanna Crouch (Dale); his cousin Samuel Burgess (Caroline), their daughter Yvonne (Gary) and their daughters Jessica and Melissa.
Services will be private with interment in the family plot in Lewes, DE.
Please visit Mr. Moses's Life Memorial and sign the online guest registry at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com
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