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Emily M. Kossa Moore
5 May 1928 – 3 Dec 2010
| Birth | 5 May 1928 |
| Death | 3 Dec 2010 |
| Cemetery | Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery Dubina , Fayette County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Gail Davis on 20 Mar 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157502329 |
Bio
Fayette County Record Emily Kossa Moore was born May 5, 1928 and went suddenly to God's loving arms Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Emily was a 4th generation Czech to Fayette County, her great-grandfather one of the first setters to Dubina and the first person to build a long cabin. She was very proud of that. She worked in the cotton as a child with her family, Ludwig and Sophie Kossa, sisters Helen and Judy and brother George. Her nickel allowance for her work in the firlds went towards a Tarzan movie at the Cozy Theater in Schulenburg. She rode horses, sewed, cooked and canned, and attended the Ammannsville Catholic School as a child. She began working at Bob Adamcik's Restaurant when a "Southerner" from Mississippi named Charlie Moore swept her off her feet in 1952. At that time it was a bit of a scandal as he was more than 10 years older than Emily and an "outsider" -- but it was love with their daughter arriving several years later. Emily helped her husband establish the Texas Pest Control handling the schedules and bookings of business while raising Cathy their daughter. Summers Emily demanded the trips to the Hill Country for fresh peaches to can and freeze up for the holidays. Sundays was always church, no question, and after church, Emily's homemade fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, and beans, every Sunday. Her fresh baked light homemade bread never cooled. Family would fight over it. Her strong Czech heritage often made her a bit of a pest to the family, reminding and repeating everything over and over again so they wouldn't forget how important it was. When anyone got in "real" trouble with her, they knew it because she reverted back to her Czech language. Emily loved having plants. When everyone else's faded, wilted, and died, hers kept going. Her Czech discipline reached everyone--down to the pets. Fiesty, determined, stubborn, 5' 2" and 92 lb., she packed a wallop. She's spend an easy two hours talking to her sister-in-law, George, regularly catching up on ailments, people, politics, food -- nothing and no one was spared. Emily loved her grass in the yard so much that for decades she would get up early in the morning to rake the pine needles that the neighbor's trees dropped into her yard. She would pick up trash off of the road that ran in front of her home because she knew the wind would blow it into her yard and was livid at those that discarded anything on the roadway. And, you would not want to be an 18-wheeler parked in front of her house or you would have been met with a little Bohemian lady waving her hands for you to "move on." The saving grace when Charles died on June 8, 2007 to Emily was Katharine Marie, her little granddaughter, born one week later. Suddenly life changed drastically for the entire family. Emily was now known to stop anyone (friend or stranger) at Harlan's grocery store, City Hall, Dollar General, or even the Post Office to give them the full rundown of Katharina's week, whether they wanted to hear it or not. She treated her little granddaughter regularly to the Reese's candy and Chocolate Chip Teddy Bears. Everyone was lectured on how to keep Katharina Marie proper by Emily and she didn't want to miss a thing. Every night Katharine Marie and "Little Grandma" told each other goodnight and said that they loved each other. Emily saw Katharina as a miracle from God and often spoke of it. Her faith was never shaken, never. She knew God and reminded family every week to make sure she was pickup up for church. And she always had something to say that added a color to your day. Emily, wife, mother, grandmother, may God embrace you in his loving arms. Submitted by Rosemary Ermis Contributor: J Vogel (46975003)
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