A Butler County judicial legend has passed away. Judge John R. Moser died on Thanksgiving Day, surrounded by family. He was 97. Moser served as a common pleas judge from 1979 1999. Two of his most famous cases were the murder case of John Fryman in 1987, and the 1994 trial of Crossbow Killers Melissa Grasa and Ronald Branham. Moser retired from the bench in 1999, and then became a master gardener, using his talents to beautify Hamilton's parks, intersections, and whatever else that needed  fixing up. Moser planted over 400 trees for the city, and a park was named in his honor on Heaton Street in the North End. Moser has donated his body to the UC Medical Center for science.