Cecelia A. 'Sis' Moser, 96

Cecelia A. Moser, 96, “entered into eternal life” on Sept. 7, 2016, at her home in Martin City.

She was born in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 2, 1919, the daughter of Stanislaus and Mary Moleski, and spent her last days surrounded by family and friends.

Sis spent her early years in Mt. Carmel and Sellersville, Pennsylvania, while growing up with her sisters, Jess, Dot and Mary. She loved singing and playing music with Jess and enjoyed playing baseball and swimming. They raised a garden and sold produce to help their mom when times were tough. Sis was also very skilled with a sewing machine and worked as a seamstress in a factory after school.

In June 1940 she married Jacob “Jake” Daniel Moser, Jr., her beloved husband of nearly 36 years, and they settled down in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She was very independent since Jake joined the Marines and was away in the early years of their marriage.

She and Jake loved travelling through the United States and Canada, and they enjoyed the West so much that, in 1971, they found a place in Montana where they could move the whole family and their business.

She enjoyed being outdoors, involved her children and grandchildren in the joy of gardening, and took many pictures and movies of her travels and family. She was always cooking and made sure no one went away hungry. She also loved to crochet for the family and church bazaars.

Many years after Jake’s death, she married Fred Salter of Creston and lived with him at his ranch in Creston.

She especially enjoyed going to church with her granddaughter, Teri. She is eternally grateful to Margaret and Maurice Burns, who brought communion when she could not attend church, and to the Pudelka family, Deacon Doug Cordier, and Father Sean Raftis, who brought peace to her final days. She was thankful for her granddaughter Katie, who was willing to move in with her so she could stay at home, and her daughters-in-law Pam and Judy, who looked after her during the day.

Cecelia was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Mary Moleski; husbands, Jake Moser and Fred Salter; sisters, Dot Schaffer and Mary Strouse; sons, Dan, Bill, and Larry Moser; daughter-in-law, June Moser; and grandson, 2nd Lt. Travis Moser.

She is survived by her sister, Jess Conlin of Media, Pennsylvania; son, Chris (Pam) Moser; daughter, Nancy Moser; and daughter-in-law, Judy Moser, all of Martin City. She is also survived by grandchildren, Teri (Ronny) Ingbertsen, Jason (Holli) Moser, Jake (Kim) Moser, Kelly Tennyson, Jed (Cristina) Moser, Brie Albertoni, Tina (Joe) Brents, Katie Moser, and Nicki Moser, and great-grandchildren Corey, Emily, Jalynn, Kim, Zachary, Jacob, Jamie, Sam, Hunter, Allie, Trinity, Drake, Eadric, Caedan, and Charlie, all of whom were the lights of her life.

The Pudelka, Conlin, Darche, Lingle, Blevins, McCaa, Salter, Purdy and Johnson families were frequent attendees at family functions and part of her extended family, as were many others.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her memory to St. Richard’s Catholic Church or to the Martin City Volunteer Fire Department.

A visitation for Cecelia will be held at Columbia Mortuary from 3-6 p.m. on Sept.16, and a rosary will be said at 6 p.m.

A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Sept. 17 at St. Richard’s Catholic Church in Columbia Falls.