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Robert Joseph Mosca

Fairfax, VT

November 25, 1962 - December 24, 2015

Robert Joseph Mosca Obituary

Robert Mosca, of Jericho, 53, died suddenly and unexpectedly on December 24, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Lisa and their four children, Marcello 20, Dominic 18, Letizia 16, and Isabella 13. In addition he leaves his older brother, James Mosca, and six loving nieces and nephews.


Rob was born in Wantagh, NY to James and Phyllis Mosca, who predeceased him. He was raised in Bayville, Long Island, NY and graduated from Locust Valley high school where he played football for the Falcons. He went on to receive his BA in business administration at Northeastern University in 1984. He began his career in sales in the Boston area and then Connecticut and in 1993 he moved north to Vermont where he worked for Emery Worldwide as a plant manager. From there he went to UPS as a account manager. For the past several years he has been with AN Deringer, a logistics brokerage company. What he enjoyed most about work, however, was the company of others, be it customers or coworkers.


In 1994, he married the love of his life, Lisa Corso, and from that union came four beautiful children.


The essence of Rob, the core of his soul, his legacy, was his love for his family and community. He was a devoted husband and father. Spending quality time with his family, coaching youth sports, hiking the beautiful mountains of Vermont, meeting new friends, and hosting wonderful parties including the now famous Thanksgiving 'turkey bowl' as well as the 'Nicky P Wiffle ball tournament' represent the generous, affable and engaging man that was Rob Mosca.


Rob was always very active in his community. For many years he coached his children in youth football at CEYFA, as well as Jericho- Underhill Little League and Mini Metro basketball. Rob was ahead of his time in his coaching philosophy, when the focus was only on winning, Rob bucked the trend and made sure his teams played with integrity and sportsmanship but above all had fun. Regardless of the outcome, creamies and a pool party surely followed most games. He was the coach who years later kids would approach and say “hi, Coach Mosca” and he invariably would remember that child regardless of how long ago he coached him. After his years of coaching, he moved toward refereeing youth and high school football .


More recently Rob underwent a physical transformation. He ate healthily and turned himself into a 1/2 marathoner as well as a Spartan race warrior. He devoted his free time to hiking the beautiful green mountains of Vermont with his loyal dogs.


He is also survived by his sister-in-law Linda, her husband T.J. and their 5 sons of Fairfield, CT; brother-in-law James and his wife Elizabeth and their son of Fairfield, CT; sister-in-law Cristina and her husband Tony of Monaco, an aunt, an uncle, several cousins and his beloved pets Jeter, Jordan and Juliet.


Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday December 30, 2015 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at A W Rich Funeral Home – Essex Chapel. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday December 31, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Underhill with Reverend Francis Prive officiating. Burial will follow in the family lot in Underhill Flats Cemetery. The family invites you to share your memories and condolences by visiting www.awrfh.com.


Memorial contributions in Rob's Memory may be made to (please copy and paste into your browser or click the donations tab to your left) http://robbiemoscamemorialfund.mydagsite.com/ A memorial fund set up to to honor Rob's memory, we would like to build a bench at his favorite dog park at Mills River Park. Rob spent a lot of time there with Jeter and Jordan.


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