Carl H. Mood – Rostraver Township
Obituaries
September 14, 2024

Carl H. Mood – Rostraver Township

ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP Carl H. Mood, 95, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in his home. A son of the late Gust and Lilly Glotfelty Mood, he was born in Belle Vernon, on Sept. 27, 1928. Carl served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a weatherman in World War II and belonged to American Legion Post 0945 of Belle Vernon. He was a union carpenter by trade for 75 years, belonging to Carpenters Union No. 432, and was a partner in Haury Construction Company from 1952 until 1965. Robert Haury and Carl Mood built, owned and operated Rostraver Ice Garden in 1965. From 1965 until retirement, he owned and operated Mood Construction Company Inc., which built many churches, banks, schools, high rises and many other commercial structures in the area. He also was a partner in JC Industries of Fayette City, which specialized in mine subsidence work, until his retirement. Carl was an avid outdoorsman who cut many acres of grass and once had an orchard of 500 apple trees. Some of his best times were spent with his brothers and friends hunting at his camp in Elk County. Survivors include his loving wife of 47 years, Linda Joan McFall Mood; two daughters, Deborah Redman and Dana Pollacci, both of Belle Vernon; three grandchildren, Jill Woodson Garrett and family of Georgia, Thomas (Christy) Woodson and family of Fayette City, and Ryan (Kim) Redman and family of Charleroi; six great-grandchildren; and many brothersin- law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, including a very special nephew, Jack Mood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Emma Jean Mood; his daughter, Carol Jean Mood Woodson, in 2002; three brothers, Walter, Edwin and Jack Mood; and one sister, Evelyn Mood Renstrom. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC., 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, 724-9295300, www.FergusonFuneralHomeandCrematory. com. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the funeral home with his nephew, Jack Mood officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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