MOSER, Elaine Betty 1925-1990

ANDERSON, DEMO, MOSER, KELLER, FRITZ, GORE

Posted By: IA GenWeb Volunteer
Date: 9/5/2010 at 20:10:26

Funeral services for Mrs. Paul (Elaine) Moser were held Saturday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m. in the Community Presbyterian Church, Postville. Rev. Terrance Hennesy officiated and Rev. Dick Harberts participated in the service. Schutte Funeral Service, Postville was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the National Cemetery, rural Garnavillo, IA.

Elaine Betty Moser, daughter of Robert and Selma (Anderson) Demo, was born March 6, 1925 at Garnavillo, IA. She died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1990 at Bettendorf, IA.

On July 20, 1947 she married Paul Moser at the Giard Methodist Church. She taught in the public schools for 12 years, four of those were as a social studies teacher in the Postville Junior High. She spent her entire married life in the (sic) Postville with the exception of 4 years in Ames.

She was a member of the Community Presbyterian Church where she served on the Building and Grounds and Landscaping Committees. She had also served as an Elder, Church Treasurer and on the Christian Education Committee.

Preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Helen.

Surviving are her husband, Dr. Paul N. Moser; 2 daughters, Jane and her husband, James Anderson, Bettendorf, IA and Paula and her husband, Dr. Steven Keller, Coralville, IA; a son, John Moser and his wife, Rosemarie, Postville; 2 grandchildren, Paul and Jaclyn Keller; 2 sisters, Virgil Fritz, Garnavillo and Gail Gore, Dunlap, IL and a brother, Owen Demo, Belmont, WI.

Casket bearers were Dr. Milton Schlein, LaVerne Rose, Paul Braham, Darwin Fritz, James Foster, Lyle Opheim, Don Drahn and Carl Marsh.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.