Tamron USA sadly announced the passing of Bob DeMoss, eastern regional sales manager, industrial optics division, on March 22, 2005, of heart failure in Delaware. He was 56 years old.
Before joining Tamron as south eastern regional sales manager of Tamron's Industrial Optics Division in 2003, Bob was the mid-Atlantic regional sales manager for Recognition Source, LLC. In 2004, Bob was promoted to eastern regional sales manager.
"Bob DeMoss was one of the happiest-go-lucky individuals I have ever met and have had the good fortune to have known," reflected Steve Beaulieu, National Sales Manager for Tamron's Industrial Optics Division. "Tamron was the fourth company at which we worked together. Bob had become not only a good business colleague, but a close personal friend. He was someone you could always count on and one who would always make you laugh. Bob will be greatly missed."
DeMoss was a 1966 graduate of William Penn High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Vietnam era. Bob is survived by his wife, Stephanie DeMoss; his daughters, Lori DeMoss Conrad and Carrie DeMoss Brown; his stepchildren, Zachary and Judiann Harvey; and his grandchildren, Christopher, Madison and Carissa. He is also survived by his mother, Maggie Prucino; his brothers, Bill DeMoss, Bruce DeMoss and Rick DeMoss; and two sisters, Lisa DeMoss and Michelle LeFevre.
The family has asked that donations in Bob's memory be made to the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803. To send condolences, visit www.dohertyfh.com.
