Howard Everett “Bud” Mosley Jr.

SCARBOROUGH – Howard Everett “Bud” Mosley, Jr. passed away March 3, 2025.

He was born on April 6, 1925, to Howard Everett Mosley and Constance Yale True Mosley of Peaks Island. His family moved “off island” in 1933, when his father became a career letter carrier in South Portland.

He attended South Portland High School, where he played what was then termed “lightweight football”, graduating in 1943. Like so many young men of his generation, he enlisted shortly after that and was inducted in August of that year into the Army Air Corps. He trained as a belly gunner and togallier in a B-17 Flying Fortress. As part of the 381st Squadron of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, he flew 25 missions out of Ridgewell, a base in southern England. Many of these missions went deep into the German heartland. During one of those missions, he was wounded by flak and awarded the Purple Heart.

Following his return from the European theater, he married Miriam Ruth Hepburn of South Portland on June 24, 1945. Discharged on Nov. 3, 1945, he enrolled at UMO on the GI Bill, graduating in 1949 with a major in Agricultural Economics. After working for H.J. Heinz Co. in upstate New York and then Indiana, he returned home to Maine, working first in sales for Socony Mobil, and later as an appraiser for Sawyer Hennessey in Portland.

While between jobs, he worked as a substitute teacher, thereby stumbling onto what was to become his career. After a short stint at Shaw Junior High in Gorham and three years at Jack Junior High in Portland, he was transferred to Lyman Moore, where he was a teacher, coach, and then athletic director for 22 years.

Like most teachers, he also had summer jobs. For years that job was delivering to summer camps for King Cole Potato Chips, and then later, working for the Portland Water District, patrolling the two- mile limit at Sebago Lake Station by boat. After his “retirement” in 1984, he worked for 10 years for longtime friend and Bridge group member, Herb Woodbury at Sebago Lake Garage.

Also active in the community, Bud coached Little League for several seasons, was a two-time president of the local Kiwanis Club, served often on the town Budget Committee, and was a long-standing member of the American Legion Kenison-Hooper Post#128.

Bud was a knowledgeable baseball fan, and after seeing Al Kaline play at Fenway Park in his rookie year, he was a Detroit Tigers fan for life. He described Kaline as “the absolute best player of his generation”.

Bud was also known for his garden, which stretched the entire length of his back yard, stretching from Mosley Road on one side to Boundary Road on the other.

Bud was predeceased by his beloved wife, Miriam; and sister, Barbara Newell of Florida.

He is survived by his three children, son, Stephen and wife Sharon of Scarborough, son, Alan of Standish, and daughter, Cynthia Carter of Bath; as well as five grandsons, three granddaughters; and three great-granddaughters.

Bud spent his final years living at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough, where he was lovingly cared for by the staff.

He will be interred at the Maine Veterans’ Cemetery in Springvale at a later date.

Condolences may expressed online at http://www.hobbsfuneralhome.com

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the

Activities Fund,

Maine Veterans’ Home,

290 U.S. Route One,

Scarborough, ME 04074