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