Key West The Newspaper

Mayor Craig Cates, during Tuesday’s City Commission meeting presented a commendation in honor of the late Gerald “Moe” Mosher to his family.

Mosher “embodied the entrepreneurial spirit of Key West,” reads the Mayor’s proclamation, “beginning with the opening of his own barber shop, on Duval Street in 1954.”

Mosher partnered with Ed Swift and Chris Belland in 1973 in the company that was later named Historic Tours of America, while still operating the community hub that was Moe’s Barber Shop.

Mosher was a member of Key West Rotary and the Key West Chamber of Commerce for more than 40 years. He served on the Board of the Monroe County Teachers Federal Credit Union for 30 years, co-founded Children’s Day at Halloween, and filled the role of Santa for the Silverliners for decades.

He and his wife were always willing to put the needs of other needs in front of their own, providing corporate, philanthropic and hands-on volunteer support to countless individuals and organizations.

On Wednesday, Mayor Cates met with the Mosher family and his partners at HTA to dedicate the walkway tread by many over the years to visit Moe’s Barber Shop as “Moe’s Way.”