MOSER, Virgene E. (Borowiak) age 93 of Dayton, Ohio, died on May 15th, 2014, at 10 Wilmington Place of Dayton, Ohio. She was born December 14th, 1920, in Hammond, Indiana, the only child of her parents, Hans and Carrie Borowiak.
Virgene grew up in Hammond, Indiana and graduated from Hammond High school in 1938. During The Great Depression she worked as a typist, and she met her future husband, Charles N. Moser, also of Hammond, during that time. They were married on August, 22nd 1942 at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Glenview, IL with another ceremony at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Chicago, IL. Charles was assigned to Pensacola Naval Air Station, FL, during World War II as a pilot trainer. There, her first son, Charles Jr., was born in 1944.
Subsequent to the end of the war, the family moved to Dayton, OH where her husband was employed as an Aeronautical Engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Virgene was involved in many community activities, especially the League of Women Voters. She was an active Democrat and worked for the party.
In 1954, her second son, Richard (Yeshua) was born in Dayton. In 1976 she completed requirements to get a licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) certificate. She was elected to the Southeast Dayton Priority Board for two terms (1976-1980). In 1979 Virgene was appointed to the State of Ohio Library Board where she served until 1984. She was also appointed to the City of Dayton Steering Committee for Comprehensive Community Energy Management to address the shortage of heating gas at that time.
She and her husband traveled to many places in the world after his retirement in 1973. In 2002 she moved to 10 Wilmington Place. She was a member of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Dayton. Virgene was preceded in death by her husband Charles in 1993. She is survived by her sons, Charles Moser, Jr. and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, daughters-in-law Constance Moser and Anitra Puangsuwan, grandson Charles N. Moser III, granddaughter Leslie C. Granger, and great-granddaughter Chloe N. Moser.
A memorial service will be held at a later date at 10 Wilmington Place, 10 Wilmington Avenue, Dayton, OH 45420. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation in her name to the Dayton Peace Museum, 208 W Monument Ave, Dayton, OH 45402.
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