Moser, Andrew R. (1897-1970)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1970 Jul 30 p. 11

Birth date: 1897 Dec 7

text of obituary:

ANDREW R. MOSER

Andrew R. Moser, 72, of R. D. 1, Copenhagen, New York, went to be with the Lord on June 15. He had been in failing health for several months.

Funeral services were held June 18. A prayer service at the family home at 12:45 pm. in charge of Rev. Vernon Zehr was followed by services at the Croghan Mennonite Church at 2 pm. with Rev. Richard Zehr, Joseph Nafziger, and Lloyd Boshart officiating. Burial was in the Mennonite Church Cemetery, Croghan.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Widrick Moser; three daughters, Mrs. Nelson (Lorena) Moser, Copenhagen, N. Y., Mrs. Wilbur (Florence) Jantzi, Whitesville, N.Y., and Mrs. Delvin (Sharon) Mast, Salisbury, Pa; three sons, Elmer of Castorland, N.Y., pastor of the Naumburg Mennonite Church, Elton and Ellis, Copenhagen; 33 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Two daughters, Mrs. Leo (Irene) Zehr and Loretta Moser, and one grandchild preceded him in death, as did three brothers and two sisters.

He was born at Croghan, N.Y. on Dec. 7, 1897, a son of Daniel and Lena Roggie Moser. He married Emma Widrick on Aug. 15, 1923, in the Lowville Mennonite Church. The couple operated a farm for 39 years, retiring in 1962.

Mr. Moser was a member of the Lowville Conservative Mennonite Church, served as summer Bible school superintendent at Pine Grove many years, and as Sunday school superintendent at the Lowville Mennonite Church.