The McDougald Funeral Home 2211 N. Main Street Anderson SC 29621PAID OBITUARYFLAG DR. DESMOND D. MOLESKI August 3, 1925 - March 29, 2006ANDERSON, SCDr. Desmond D. Moleski passed away March 29th surrounded by his family at the Hospice of the Upstate in Anderson, S.C.Born in 1925 in Timmins, Ontario, Dr. Moleski worked in the Ontario gold mines as a boy and later went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto, where he met and married his loving wife Ruth in 1949. They emigrated to the U.S. and Dr. Moleski served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He returned to his family practice in Ellicottville, N.Y., and then settled in Orchard Park, N.Y. to raise his ten children and specialize in psychiatry. A lifetime devotee of classical music, he played in the Orchard Park Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Joseph Wincenc. In his spare time, he worked meticulously to repair, restore and eventually build violins, violas and cellos, when he wasn't devouring the latest murder mystery or historic novel. Dr. Moleski continued to serve his country as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. In addition to his busy private practice, he served the city of Buffalo by conducting evaluations for the city's school system, carefully writing the story of each student he encountered so that teachers and counselors could best understand and help these students. He also served for one year as Acting Director of Buffalo State Hospital. He served his Church by conducting countless evaluations of seminary candidates and acting as a support for both clergymen and members of religious orders. Dr. Moleski believed that psychiatry was the art of using medicine to help people be fully functional in their daily lives, out in society, free from the anxieties or depressions that may limit them, and he practiced his art with grace and dedication.Dr. Moleski moved to Anderson, S.C., in 1992 to work at the Patrick B. Harris Psychiatric Hospital and retired here. He enjoyed playing in the Anderson Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Perry Carroll. In addition to Ruth, he is survived by his children, eighteen grandchildren and three great-grandsons. Husband of 56 years, father of ten children, dedicated psychiatrist, proud officer, luthier, witty neighbor, devoted friend. These are the words that we use to try and take the measure of a man. But they cannot adequately capture his spirit, which lives on in Marion Hanson of Defiance, OH, Martin Moleski, S.J., of Buffalo, N.Y., Teresa Ichniowski of Silver Spring, MD, Claudia Moleski of Hamburg, N.Y., Marne O'Shae, M.D., of Ithaca, N.Y., Cat Moleski of Chapel Hill, N.C., Dominic Moleski of Sacramento, CA, Laura Moleski Franc of Sparta, N.J., Hilda Moleski of Ithaca, N.Y. and Desmond C.J. Moleski of Portland, OR, and their children and grand-children.The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 10:00 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church officiated by Father James Dubrouillet.A Prayer Vigil will be held at The McDougald Funeral Home on Friday, March 31, 2006 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and the family will receive friends from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.comTHE MC DOUGALD FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.