MOOS, Vivian (Duster) 1912-1963

MOOS, DUSTER, VALA, WAGNER, OCONNER

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 8/7/2012 at 12:28:35

Vivian (Duster) Moos – June 26, 1912 – March 9, 1963

MRS. R. R. MOOS

Nora Springs – Mrs. Ruben R. (Vivian) Moos, 50, died Saturday night at Cedar Falls, where she was making a Catholic ladies retreat. She became ill earlier in the day but did not seem serious enough for her to leave the retreat house.

Funeral services will be held at the Holy Name Catholic Church in Rockford, of which she was a member, at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The celebrant of the requiem mass will be the Rev. Carl J. Manternach of New Haven, administrator of the parish. Rosary will be said at the Sheckler Funeral Home at 8 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in the Nora Springs Cemetery.

Mrs. Moss, nee Vivian Duster, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duster, both of whom preceded her in death. Her mother, Mrs. Duster Vala, died November 5, 1962

Mrs. Moos was born on June 26, 1912, in Fairfax, South Dakota. She was educated in the Fairfax schools and later helped her father in the operation of the newspaper there. She was married to Ruben R. Moos in Fairfax August 26, 1937. They celebrated their silver wedding anniversary at their new home in Nora Springs last year.

The Moos’ purchased the Nora Springs Advertiser in February 1938, after coming here from Fairfax. She has taken an active part in the publication ever since. She was also the correspondent for the Mason City Globe-Gazette.

Mrs. Moos was active in the ladies organizations of her church, a member of the Iowa Press Association, Hawkeye Press Club, American Legion Auxiliary and the Iowa Columnists.

She is survived by her husband, an aunt, Mrs. Viola Wagner, Odeholt; and an uncle Jack O’Conner, Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday March 11, 1963