James Marshall Moriarty

James (Jim) Moriarty, Sr., 83, entered into Eternal Life on Saturday, April 20, 2024, after a month-long battle with pneumonia. Jim was born on January 1, 1941, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Howard and Evelyn (Konst) Moriarty. He was one of four children and attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School and was a 1958 graduate of St. Francis de Sales High School. Jim was united in holy matrimony to Antoinette Miller on September 16, 1961, and together they raised four children. Soon after Jim and Toni were married, Jim entered the Army in 1963 and served in the 83rd Infantry Reserves and in the 180th Tactical Fighter Group of the Air National Guard until 1969. Jim lived an active and generous life. At the age of 17, he began working at the Howard T. Moriarty Co, now Moriarty Machinery & Supply, a construction supply and equipment distributorship opened by his father in 1949. Jim learned and managed every facet and position of the company until his father's death in 1977. At the age of 36, he assumed the ownership of the family business which he eventually entrusted to his son, Patrick, in 2021. Jim loved his company, its employees, and customers. He very much enjoyed working with people, and having a servant's heart, he was always eager to help those in need. His generosity became the foundation and prevailing culture of his business, which for 75 years continues to successfully serve construction contractors in building the city of Toledo. Jim's generous heart was not just confined to his work. As a devoted Roman Catholic, he loved his Catholic Faith and dedicated his adult life to sharing it with everyone he met. Jim was an active member of the Knights of Columbus and later a member of the Chesterton Society, which sought to encourage the return to the traditional doctrines and values of Holy Mother Church. Additionally, he worked tirelessly and patiently to reinstitute the Traditional Latin Mass to the Diocese of Toledo. Finally, after 18 years of patient but persistent labor, open and wide celebration of the Tridentine Mass was fully restored at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in downtown Toledo, his parish of 50 years, where the Sacraments in their traditional form are to this day deeply and fervently loved and embraced. Jim was also active in the national Pro-Life movement. He traveled to many different states with his wife, Toni, to support peaceful pro-life activism, which sometimes resulted in them being arrested. As national leaders and members of the Pro-Life Action Network, Jim and Toni initiated an activist approach to the pro-life movement in Toledo and passionately dedicated their lives to saving innocent unborn babies from abortion. If they were not on the sidewalk in front of local abortuaries giving testimony to the sanctity of life and helping mothers bring their babies to term, they were organizing weekly side-walk counseling and prayerful witness, rescue missions, truth teams, and local March for Life events. They were also very generous in providing necessities to support mothers who chose to give their children life. Finally, Jim was passionate about preserving the Republic. As an avid lover of our great country, he not only served in the armed forces, but he was also a member of the John Birch Society for many years and zealously worked to prevent communism from prevailing in the 1960's. Jim had a love and staggering knowledge of classic cars of the 1950's and muscle cars of the 1960's and '70's. He enjoyed air compressors, sandblasting and pumps, and could rattle off all their specs to anyone who would listen. And then there was his love of chemistry and Ham Radio! Jim and Toni loved to travel together and had many fond memories of the summers they spent at Ocean Isle Beach. Most especially, however, Jim appreciated fine delicacies, especially wine, and was a weekly attendee at local wine tastings. His close family and friends will fondly remember him as the man who always brought a cooler of wine to every event to share with others. Jim is survived and will be missed by his wife, Antoinette (Miller) Moriarty, his four children, Colleen (Timothy) Barnhart, Kathleen (Shawn) Williams, James (Shayla) Moriarty, and Patrick (Kelly) Moriarty; his 16 grandchildren, Megan (Brandon) Prowant, Caitlin Brannan, Sean (Nicolle) Barnhart, Ryan Barnhart, Kate Barnhart and Madeline Barnhart, Peter, Stephen, John, Kevin, and Sofia Williams, Lauren, Olivia, Hunter and Greyson Moriarty, and Colin Moriarty; great grandson, James Barnhart; sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and many Moriarty and Miller nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death are his parents; brothers, Tom and John Moriarty; sister Sharon (Moriarty) Garand; brothers-in-law, John Garand and John Ando; his niece Cindy (Moriarty) McCourt, and his many unborn grandchildren. Friends are invited to visit from 12-6 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Coyle Funeral Home, 1770 S. Reynolds Road, where the Rosary will be prayed at 5 p.m. A Requiem High Mass will be offered on Monday, April 29, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 626 Locust Street, with a visitation 30 minutes prior. Father David Kidd will officiate with Fr. Douglas Garand, Jim's nephew, as homilist. Interment will take place in Calvary Cemetery immediately following the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Memorial Donations may be given to St. Joseph's Catholic Church Toledo and to Heartbeat of Toledo.

James Marshall Moriarty

January 1, 1941 - April 20, 2024