Alice Mosby

ALICE MOSBY

Marion

Alice V. Mosby, 83, of Marion, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. Burial: St. John's Catholic Cemetery. A visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the church. A vigil service will begin at 4 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Christopher Podhajasky will officiate.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, William D. Mosby; her children, Debra Mosby-Lewis of Marion and Linda Schorg, Katherine (Richard Sr.) Cook and Jean Schnell, all of Cedar Rapids; a brother, John (Barbara) Drahos of Postville; seven grandsons and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Edward and August Pospisil, Frank, Stanley and Wesley Drahos; and two sisters, Molly Mach and Julia Lawrence.

Alice was born July 9, 1930, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Amelia (Plotz) Drahos. She married William D. Mosby on Jan. 16, 1965, in Marion. Alice was lunchroom cook for the Marion School District.

She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church and American Legion Post 298 Auxiliary. Alice loved crocheting, fishing, flowers, the Chicago Cubs, Elvis Presley and was a great cook. She enjoyed spending time with her family and time spent with her grandchildren was priceless. She also enjoyed listening to the Leo Greco Variety Time and Alice Tritle playing the Clavinova.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister and will be greatly missed by all.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to her private nurses, Valerie Kimm, Cathi Thornburg and the staff at the Hospice House, especially Nancy, Rita, Christie, Lisa and Bette.

Please leave a message for the family on the Web page www.cedar memorial.com under obituaries.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be sent to the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha.