Evelyn Gertrude Musser's Obituary
It is with great sorrow and sadness to announce that EVELYN GERTRUDE “TERRY” (NOYES) MUSSER passed away on April 15TH 2019 at the wonderful age of 94. Heaven will never be the same. Terry was born in San Diego on December 2, 1924 to Charles Noyes and Gertrude (Sobieski) Noyes. At the young age of 16 years old both her parents passed away and for the next two years she was under the guardianship of a close friend. Terry was always optimistic… her glass was always full. Of note, Terry’s dad owned a little fishing lake in La Mesa, now the location of the original Anthony’s fish grotto. Terry graduated for Hoover High School in 1943 and continued her education at Pasadena College. In 1946 Terry married Joseph Lewis Musser and began what some would call a most exciting life, living the American dream. Terry has three adult children, Joseph (Joe) Charles Musser, Geraldine (Geri) Musser March and Constance (Conni) Musser. In addition Terry has seven grand children, Dawn Ringhand Smith, Mackenzie March, Laura Ann (Musser) Zegler. Jeffery (Jeff) Joseph Musser, Ajna Rivera, Anada Rivera and Darshan Rivera. And in addition Terry has 10 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.Terry lived an amazing life raising her children with high goals and aspirations. As a middle income family she insured that her children attend parochial schools and graduated from college. Terry’s life was filled with hard work and a lot of fun and excitement. Her focus was to work hard and play harder and she did. A couple of notable events. Her husband Joe was a picky eater and wanted everything cooked from scratch, just his mother did. Terry’s solution was to go to the store, buy a frozen lasagna, cook it and put into a serving dish and presented for dinner…dad never knew. One time, Terry and Josephine (her mother-in-law) decided to buy a house while dad was out fishing for tuna on his commercial fishing boat. When he returned he was furious. What happened? Terry simply said that his mom convinced her that the house such a great value. Guess he realized that he would never win a battle against two intelligent females. As their commercial real estate business grew Terry spent a lot of time making sure that the properties were well maintained and fully rented. After school one day I remember mom leaning over a toilet cleaning with muriatic acid and scrubbing floors. Eventually all of their hard work paid off. As income improved mom and dad were able to travel. And travel they did. Some of their memorable trips included: Taking the QE-2 to London, spending a week site seeing and flying home on the Concord. Or hiking the fabled English lake district with her daughter Conni. They would hike daily from chalet to chalet with her trusty shillelagh walking stick. At the end of each day they greeted with wine and a gourmet meals. Or, traveling on a cruise ship on the Mediterranean.As they were sitting down to dinner a nice gentleman brought in a cute little monkey and placed him a special spot in the middle of the table. Moments later, the waiter appears and cuts of the monkey’s head off. All were provided small desert forks to start off the evening horsedovers. From an orphans beginning, France, England, Italy and Switzerland become her play grounds. Her philanthropy reached out to local non for profits that helped to house and feed the poor. Culturally the Old Globe was her passion. Every year Terry and her daughter Geri attended as many plays as possible. She also supported the San Diego Zoo, the Veterans and the Human Society. Internationally she supported groups that helped those could not help themselves. As we said, Terry loved to have fun, especially her family and her family’s friends. Lunch with Pinot Grigio was her mantra and she did it 365 days a year. Little did she know that the wine at home was nonalcoholic and that she was being served half glasses of wine at lunch.It was not unusual for Terry to be doing the chicken dance at the Corvette diner or dinning at the George V in Paris. We hope heaven is ready for you and that there will be special spot for the chicken dance and a little Pinot Grigio. Your loss brings sadness to all of us but your inspiration and love will live with us forever. God bless an amazing women.
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