Dr. Gilbert P. Moe went home to be with his Heavenly father on June 8th, 2020 at the age of 93.
Gil was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 21, 1927. He grew up in Mountain Lakes, NJ. During WWII he enlisted in the Merchant Marine. He had his basic training at Boston Marine Hospital to be a medical corpsman. He was only 17 years old at that time, and spent two years at sea.
Gil finished four years of premed at the University of Michigan. He then was accepted to McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He graduated from McGill with a M.D.C.M., Doctor of Medicine and Master at Surgery.
He married his first wife, Joyce and had a daughter Leslie and a son Greg. He decided to follow Obstetrics and Gynecology as his specialty, and served a three year residency training at the county hospital in Oakland California. After his residency in Oakland, he joined the Navy. He spent two years in Barstow, California. He was promoted to Lt. Commander.
He then went into private practice in Banning California.
He moved to Hemet California where he practice his specialty of OB&GYN until his retirement in 1992.
Gil moved to Ocean Hill Country Club in Oceanside, California after the death of his wife Joyce.
He then married Carolee Ziegman, who he knew from when he was practicing medicine at Hemet Hospital.
He enjoyed skiing, boating horseback riding, golf, photography, billiards and traveling. His saying was, “I SHOOT ANIMALS WITH A CAMERA.”
He was a member of United States Power Squadrons, Carlsbad Community Church, Men of Encouragement, the Growth Group, and Riverside -San Bernardino OB-GYN Medical Society.
Gil is survived by his wife Carolee Ziegman, his daughter, son and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, his two brothers, and parents.
Final internment will be at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. A celebration of Life will be held later at Carlsbad Community Church.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Carlsbad Community Church.
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.8.18