Viola R. Mosel

Viola Mosel

February 11, 1926 – March 31, 2017



Viola Mosel, formerly of Orchard, passed away peacefully at the Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek, Nebraska on March 31, 2017, at the age of 91.

Services will be at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Orchard, Nebraska Monday, April 3, 2017 at 10:00AM. Visitation will be Sunday, April 2 from 4 – 6PM at St. Peter’s. Burial will be at the Lutheran Cemetery at Orchard.



Viola Ruby and her twin sister, Leola Ruth, were born February 11, 1926 to George and Martha (Schellpeper) Henzler on the family farm near Osmond, Nebraska. She was baptized on March 14, 1926 and confirmed April 2, 1939 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osmond.

She married Gilbert Mosel December 15, 1946 at her mother’s home in Norfolk NE. They lived on the family farm southwest of Orchard where they raised their six children.

They moved into Orchard in 1981. She cleaned the church and the bank, and continued to grow a large garden and care for her flowers. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy.

Viola’s health began failing in 2005, and she was eventually diagnosed with Parkinson’s. She became a resident of the Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek in 2009.

Viola is survived by her children: Sharon and Bill Wyss of Lohman MO, Val and Janice Mosel of Pukwana SD, Carma and Mike Anderson of Battle Creek NE, Von and Dorothy Mosel of O’Neill NE, Larry and Nancy Mosel of Orchard NE, and Connie and Ron Goedecke of Okmulgee OK; 20 grandchildren and two step-grandchildren, and their spouses; 32 great grandchildren, including twin great granddaughters, plus six stepgreat-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant son, two grandsons in infancy, husband Gilbert, brothers Delbert and Harlan, and sisters Arlene and Leola.

Ashburn Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements.