Moises Carrasco has passed away

[OldBandsman]

An obituary for Moises M Carrasco III who, as I recall, logged into this forum as Montre8, appeared in our local newspaper this morning. His death occurred January 24 and followed a two-year battle with leukemia.

He played in a number of New England orchestras and groups. Earlier in his career he worked for a several organ builders. He is survived by his wife Judy and their son Moises IV, who is a talented string bass player.

John Roberts
North Andover, MA

[Kevin Hendrick]

Very sorry to hear this. Thank you for letting us know.

[JB]

HAVERHILL — Moises M. Carrasco III, 48, of Haverhill, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 after a two year battle with leukemia.

He was born in San Antonio, Texas on Sept. 14, 1961. Moises graduated from High Point High School in Beltsville, Md. and attended the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

He married his wife Judy on Sept. 22, 1990 in Newburyport, and they had a son Moises IV, born on Sept. 12, 1994. Survivors include his wife and son of Haverhill; his mother and step-father, Danielle and Edwin Gibbard of Brentwood, Essex, England; and his father and his wife, Moises and Inez Carrasco of Georgetown, Texas; as well as several aunts, uncles, cousins and nieces and nephews.

Music was his passion and he started his working career at Lewis & Hitchcock in 1980 as an organ builder. In 1983 he uprooted from the D.C. area and headed to the southwest to his native state of Texas and worked for Schudi Organ Company in Dallas, Texas. He worked in many capacities at Schudi from 1983 to 1986. While doing an installation in Hamilton in 1986 for Schudi, he fell in love with New England and decided he wanted to stay in the area. He worked for various organ builders in the area, Noack Organ Company, George Bozeman and Andover Organ Company until 1998. At the age of 40, he did a complete career change and went to work for Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages (currently known as Idearc Media) and worked in their IT department. Although he left organ building, music continued for him with his beloved tuba(s). He played with various orchestras in the area, Phillips Andover Academy Orchestras, Merrimack Valley Philharmonic and Reading Symphony as well as various free lance projects when called upon.

ARRANGEMENTS: A celebration of life will be held in the near future at the Cochran Chapel, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Moises M. Carrasco IV college education fund in care of NMTW Credit Union, 110 Newbury St., Danvers, MA 01923 or to the Massachusetts General Hospital Development Office for Leukemia Research, 155 Cambridge St., Suite 600, Boston, MA 02114. Arrangements are under the direction of Berube-Comeau Funeral Home, 47 Broadway, Haverhill.

http://legacy.suntimes.com/EagleTribune ... &Product=0

[tubapress]

This is incredibly sad news. I never met Moises in person, but we stayed in contact the last few years after he heard I was raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk which benefits research for blood cancers. He was ALWAYS upbeat and incredibly brave, even through the many difficult and painful procedures he endured to treat his Leukemia.

We've lost another wonderful person and one of our tuba-playing brethren to this terrible disease. Please consider making a donation in Moises' memory to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at http://www.lls.org" target="_blank.

Rest in peace, Moises.