Obituary of Edward Anthony Moritz

Obituary for Commander Edward Anthony Moritz February 12, 1947 - April 27, 2014 Edward Anthony Moritz, age 67, died at home after a long illness of complications from cholangiocarcinoma caused by exposure to Agent Orange during his 2-year service in Viet Nam. Born in Philadelphia, PA to the late Milton E. Moritz and Kathleen Maud Lyndon, London, England, he was educated in Philadelphia and West Hartford, CT. An Eagle Scout at the age of 12, he was active in the Boy Scouts until the time of his death. He attended Stonehill College in North Easton, MA and graduated from Regents College in Albany, NY. Enlisting in the US Coast Guard in 1967, he was commissioned an Ensign in 1971. In addition to serving on 11 ships, he served two years in Vietnam where he received two combat action ribbons and four campaign ribbons. He served as a White House military aide to Presidents Nixon and Ford. He holds multiple commendation and achievement medals and was decorated with the Defense Meritorious Service medal while serving as US Coast Guard liaison to the Secretary of Defense. Twice served as Director of Reserve in Miami, FL and Honolulu, HI where he met his wife of 33 years Maureen Morgan. Upon retiring from the US Coast Guard in 1993, he attended law school at Touro College on Long Island, NY. He was admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and Connecticut and the Supreme Court of the United States. He served as an estates attorney with the Munson Law Firm in Huntington, NY where he succeeded as proprietor on the death of the founder in 2010. A heraldist by avocation, he served as a Director of both the College of Arms Foundation and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. A past master of Masons in Huntington, NY, he was appointed Assistant Grand Lecturer by the Grand Master of Masons in New York. A Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Collar of St. Agatha of Paterno, he was created Baron St. Cyprien by the Royal House of Aragon in 2010 and is succeeded as such by his heir James Kaloi. He is survived by his widow, two stepchildren, James Kaloi and Puamana Koerlin, five grandchildren and his godmother, Jeanne Williams of North Wildwood, NJ. A viewing will be held at Adams-Green Funeral Home, 721 Elden Street, Herndon, VA on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 from 6-8 PM with a requiem Mass located at 6420 Linway Terrace, McLean, VA on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM . Interment will be at the century old family plot in Roslyn, PA Friday, May 2, 2014 at 12 Noon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Masonic Brotherhood Fund.