Harold Ross Moriarty

Dover - Harold Ross Moriarty, 83, of Holiday Drive in Dover, formerly of Old Town, ME and Mullica Hill, NJ, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016 at the Portsmouth Regional Hospital. Ross was born in Highland Park, MI on February 5, 1933 the son of the late Harold V. and Gladys V. (MacDougall) Moriarty. He graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit, MI and earned his BA in Business Administration from Michigan State University. On September 13, 1952 he married his highschool sweetheart, Rose C. Angel, in Detroit, MI. Ross worked in Food Service and Residential Life, starting at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Syracuse University, University of Maine at Orono, ending his forty year career as the Director of Food Service and Residential Life at Rowan University. In his spare time he enjoyed gardening, quilting, entertaining and travel. Ross was a very family oriented man, and always cared about others, especially those less fortunate than him. His happiest times were being surrounded by his family, especially his grandchildren. He was a lifelong communicant of the Catholic Church and was proud of mentoring new members of the RCIA program. Ross was predeceased by a brother, Kevin Moriarty. He is survived by his wife of sixty four years, Rose Moriarty of Dover, NH; a daughter Heather Guthrie and her husband Kirk of Nutley, NJ; three sons, Michael and his wife Gerrie of Wolfeboro, NH, Patrick and his wife Donna Carmody of Conway, MA, and Kevin and his wife Cathy of Fayetteville, West VA; a brother James Moriarty of Bloomfield Hills, MI; six grandsons and three great grandsons along with two nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Josephs Catholic Church, 150 Central Ave., Dover, NH. Burial will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of the Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home, 172 State Street, Portland, Maine. To view Rosss memorial page, or to share an online condolence, please visit www.ConroyTullyWalker.com