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Justina Francesca Wehling Mousel
16 Sep 1911 – 16 Jan 2009
| Birth | 16 Sep 1911 |
| Death | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Cemetery | Fairview Cemetery Cheyenne Wells , Cheyenne County , Colorado , USA |
| Added by | friends forever on 28 May 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34525059 |
Bio
Justina Francesca (Wehling) Mousel passed away from pneumonia on January 16, 2009 at 2:00 a.m. in Keefe Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne Wells, CO. Prior to her admission to the hospital she was cared for at home by her daughter, Therese, and sons, Nick and Edward, and granddaughter Fransesca Mousel of the home. Justina was born Setember 16, 1911, in Merna, Nebraska, to Henry Leo and Anna Marie (Steuter) Wehling. As a child and young adult, she lived in Clearwater, Hemmingford, Rushville, and Broken Bow, Nebraska. As a schoolgirl, she attended boarding school at Rushville. While still in Nebraska, Justina worked in private homes as a cook and housekeeper. When she was a young adult, Justina and her family lived in Iowa for one year before moving to Cheyenne Wells on the plains of eastern Colorado. After moving to Cheyenne Wells, she worked at the West Hotel and Union Pacific Rail Road Café as a cook and waitress. From 1934 to early 1936, Justina also worked as a cook and housekeeper for the Sister of Mercy in Denver, CO. Justina and Joesph N. Mousel, were married on December 26, 1936, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cheyenne Wells, Co. After marriage she worked for a time in the laundry at the hospital and she delivered mail and drove a school bus. To this union ten children were born: Judy Marie Locke currently of Commerce City, Co; Nicholas Henry Mouse and his spouse, Judy of the home; Adrian Orville and his spouse, Betty Jean, currently of Cheyenne Wells, CO; Kathleen Ann Staab currently of Hays, KS; Elizabeth Josephine Lee currently of Winona, KS; Nancy Leona Davis and her spouse Michael of Seymour, MO; Leo Anton Mousel and his spouse, Mary, currently of Filer, ID; Linda Louise Beller and her spouse Ernie, Currently of Spring Creek, NV; Therese Mary Mousel of the home and Edward Abraham Mousel of the home. Justina and Joe lived with Joe's parents at the old home place after their marriage. When their oldest, Judy, was one month old they moved to their current home seven miles north of First View, CO. Justina and her spouse, Joe, farmed in the Cheyenne Wells area for 71 years. Justina kept the farm running while Joe worked off the farm to bring in money. Justina and Joe raised a wide variety of farm animals like turkeys, chickens, pigs, cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, horses, and kids. Justina and Joe sold turkeys for Thanksgiving around Cheyenne Wells, CO, and they shipped turkeys by barrel to Green Brothers Warehouse in Denver, CO. Justina is survived by one brother, Frank Wehling, and one sister, Juila Steinert, ten children; thirty-one grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; thirteen step great-grandchildren; and vie great-great grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Orville Mousel and his spouse, Rita, currently of Eads, CO. Justina is preceded in death by her spouse, Joseph Nicholas Mousel, her parents, Henry and Anna Wehling, her five sisters; Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, Lucy, Rosa and Agnes; her two brothers, John and Anton; one step-grandchild Ryan Beller; two infant great grandsons and her son-in-law, Benno F. Staab.
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- Elizabeth Johanna Wehling Furr 1910–2000
- Rosa Antonette "Jackie" Wehling Gilbert 1913–2002
- John Francis Wehling 1916–1954
- Anton Bernard "Tony" Wehling 1920–2000
- Lucy Matilda Wehling Mahlberg 1923–1988
- Frank William Wehling 1926–2017
- Julia Pearce Wehling Steinert 1929–2017
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