Bisiar, Edward Joseph and Florence Melusky BISIAR, Edward Joseph (Age 85) BISIAR, Florence Melusky (Age 87) Edward Joseph Bisiar II passed away December 2, 2005 in Lafayette, CA. He was born May 5,1920 in Duluth, MN to Edward Joseph Bisiar and Anna Chapman-Bisiar. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Charles Christopher Bisiar and his half brother Harry Jones . Florence Melusky Bisiar recently passed away on June 30, 2010 in Liberty Lake, WA. Florence was born to Joseph and Marion Melusky on January 7, 1923 in Edwardsville, PA. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joseph Melusky. Ed Bisiar and Florence Melusky met while in the Navy. They married in 1948 and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where they settled in Moraga, built their home and raised eight children. Florence graduated from Laketon High School in Harvey Lake, PA. She did her nurses training at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in PA. She was serving as a nurse at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, PA during World War II when she met Ed. She attended Holy Names College in Oakland, CA in the early 1950's. Ed built log cabins as a youth, and won cross country races in high school. After high school, he worked for Sperry Gyroscope in New York on the Norden Bomb Sights, then for the US Navy and Army Aircorps in the late 30's and early 40's. Ed joined the US Navy in WWII where he logged in over 800 hrs flying blimps. He was pilot and navigator in R5D's (DC-4) supplying the Flying Tigers, flying over the hump from India to China. He received his BS in Biology at St. Mary's College in Moraga in 1953 and later earned his Masters of Science degree in Education from CSU Hayward. Ed taught at Bishop O'Dowd in Oakland, Stanley School in Lafayette, De Anza High School in El Sobrante, Santa Maria in Orinda and Harry Els High School in Richmond. Both of them stressed the importance of education to all their children, always encouraging exploring and learning new things in life. Ed became a Master Gardener after retirement. Both Florence and Ed were very involved with gardening and literally "living off the land". They maintained bee hives, planted a large vegetable garden & preserved much of what they grew. They also grew a variety of fruit trees, walnut trees, and sold evergreens as live Christmas trees. Ed was actively involved with the Moraga General Plan in the mid-50's. Both Ed and Florence were involved in leadership of the Redwood 4-H Club in the 60's and 70's. They also both worked as Precinct Voting Officials in Moraga from the 1960's through the late 70's. Edward and Florence are survived by their eight children: Ed, Chris, Rosemarie, Jim, Kathleen, Melanie, Greg, and Florie. They are also survived by Florence's sister, Irene; six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. A memorial service and burial will take place at a later date at Northern California Veterans Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Spokane or the Alzheimer's Association . Published in Spokesman-Review from August 1 to August 2, 2010