Merle Raymond Moser
March 8, 1930 – June 16, 2014
Merle Raymond Moser, age 84 of Le Sueur, died on
June 16, 2014 at the Minnesota Valley Health Care
Center. Memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. on
Monday, June 23, 2014 at the United Methodist Church
in Le Sueur. Visitation will be one hour prior to the
services at the church. Interment with military honors
will be in Mound Cemetery in Le Sueur. Rev. Luke
Nelson will officiate the services.
Merle was born on March 8, 1930 to Arthur Jacob
Moser and Helen Caroline (Antonsen) Moser in Le
Sueur, Minnesota. He graduated from Le Sueur High
School in 1947. Merle served as a communications
specialist during the Korean War and was honorably
discharged as a Corporal. He returned to Le Sueur
where he met Elizabeth Coral Grover who was
teaching at the Le Sueur Elementary School. He
married her on December 28, 1956 at the United
Methodist Church in Richville, Minnesota. He began
farming with his father, eventually purchasing the
family farm in Ottawa Township. Merle was an active
member of the community: he was a life member and
long-time fixture at the Le Sueur United Methodist
Church, where he served on many committees but