Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Moby A. Piano

Urbana- Moby A. Piano, 104, formerly of Champaign, died at 7:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at his home, after an unfortunate fall off of a second story balcony.

Born Jan. 8, 1902, at the Baldwin piano factory, the son of George Piano and Florence Elizabeth Steinway Piano, he married Julia M. Grand on May 29, 1952. She died Feb. 14, 1982.

Surviving are three sons, Mel O.D. (and Flo) Piano of Broadway, N.C., and Tune D. Piano and Yamaha Charles (and Carrie A. Tune) Piano; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one brother, Guy Witha (and Lotta Notes) Piano. His parents and one son, Strika Chord Piano, preceded him in death.

He was a 1953 graduate in Music from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill. He first taught in area schools for 9 1/2 years. Then he was a bus driver for 11 years. He last worked at the Saltshaker, finally retiring in 2006.

He was a member of the Champaign- Urbana Area Piano Union. He was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church, Champaign and its Thursday Night Singing Society.

He was voted “best legs to come out of the Saltshaker” in 2006.

Funeral services will be at 3 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at the Saltshaker in Champaign. Visitation will be one hour prior to funeral service. Burial will be in the back yard.

Memorial contributions may be made to 709. The Mob House, Urbana, is in charge of arrangements.

Condolences may be sent via email to themobhouse@yahoo.com.

*pictures to follow*

7 comments:

Codymo said...

Someone has had too much time on their hands, studying obituary script. You followed the outline of one perfectly. I'm very much impressed. Interesting post........

Anonymous said...

you could have at least invited us to the funeral

Anonymous said...

Sad that.....*I am crying so hard I can't type*.....maybe more later........

Jenny said...

Thanks Cod, I will admit to a little bit of cut and paste work... :)

Matt, I had no desire to get wet at 3am. If you guys want the sound board, better come get it before it gets rained on even more. :)

Luke said...

Kids these days.

Tifani said...

nice!

Heidi said...

You should have totally gone into creative writing instead of chemistry!