ANNELIESE MOGHUL

Anneliese Moghul, a resident of Mountaintop for 55 years, passed away October 24. Anneliese was a prominent member of her community. She was a writer for the Mountaintop Eagle for nearly twenty years and an occasional contributor to the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. She volunteered with Mountaintop On The Move (including serving a term as president), was a member of the Postal Customer Council in Wilkes-Barre (which included lobbying to keep a branch of the post office open and located in Mountaintop), and volunteered as a nurse at local American Red Cross blood drives.

In 2005, in memory of her husband’s passing, she bequeathed a large donation to the Marian Sutherland Kirby Library in Mountaintop for the Tassadduk Moghul, MD Memorial Reading Room. In 2018 Anneliese was named Grand Marshal for the annual Fourth of July parade in Mountaintop. She supported many local and national charities, and for many years was a major donor to WVIA-FM and Mountaintop Hose Company #1.

Anneliese was born in Berlin, Germany. During the Second World War, she, her mother, and younger sister were evacuated from the city. Upon their return to Berlin following the war, they faced total devastation and hardship. Since Germany’s universities had not yet been fully rebuilt, she studied nursing in the United Kingdom, graduating as a state registered nurse. Anneliese added two more years in obstetrics, graduating as a state certified midwife. During her student nursing years, she met Tassadduk Moghul, MD, a native of Pakistan who was completing his surgical residency in the UK. The couple were married in Germany – in Berlin’s only mosque – on August 28, 1954. They moved to Pakistan where they lived for one year, while exploring immigration options to the United States. Having secured a sponsorship from a professor of surgery at Harvard University, the couple settled in Boston. Anneliese immediately began working as an operating room nurse at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and successfully passed the American exam to become a Registered Nurse (RN). In 1962, she and her husband were sworn in as naturalized American citizens. Her husband, working as a surgeon for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, was posted to VA medical centers in the Adirondacks and Manchester, NH. His final transfer was to the VA Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre in 1970 and the couple relocated to Mountaintop that year.

Following the birth of the couple’s son, Alan, Anneliese was a homemaker and pursued numerous volunteer and philanthropic pursuits. In addition to writing for the local newspapers, she enjoyed horseback riding, gardening, classical music, staying in touch with family and friends in Germany, and local politics.

She is survived by her sister, Karin Weimann and partner Szabine Adamek-Weimann, of Berlin, Germany; her son, Alan Moghul, Ph.D. and partner Michael Barber of Palm Springs, CA; and first cousin once removed, Fee Zocher of Glueckstadt, Germany.

A memorial service will be held at the Desiderio-Lehman Funeral Home, 436 South Mountain Blvd., Mountaintop on November 13 at 1:00 pm with visitation from 12 pm until service time. Floral arrangements may be sent to the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, a donation in the name of Anneliese Moghul may be made to WVIA- FM [https://www.wvia.org/support/memorial-gifts].

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