Larry L. Moser, age 79 of Lemmon, passed away early Tuesday morning at West River Regional Hospital in Hettinger, North Dakota.

The Mass of Christian Burial for Larry will be held at 10:30am Friday, January 17, 2014 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon. Fr. Tony Grossenburg will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery at Lemmon.

A Rosary Service will be held at 7:00pm on Thursday evening at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon.

Serving as casketbearers are Arnie Schopp, Ed Wiesinger, Fred Gebhart, Bob Dietz, Nick Krebs, Todd Campbell. All of Larry's card playing buddies are considered honorary bearers.

A memorial has been established.

Larry was born in Orange Township, Adams County North Dakota on March 26, 1934 to Harry and Leola (Niclai) Moser. He attended Orange Twp, Adams County Grade School and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1952.

After working at miscellaneous jobs, he drove truck for John Corcoran when he was drafted into the US Army in 1958. He was honorably discharged in 1960 and Larry returned to Lemmon where he continued to drive truck for John.

On June 11, 1962 Larry was joined in marriage to Lorraine Krebs at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon. In December of 1962, they moved to a ranch south of Thunderhawk, SD where he worked for his brother-in-law, Dale Campbell.

In August of 1966, Larry started driving a Semi Tractor Trailer for Consolidated Freightways in Chicago, IL. He transferred to North Platte, NE in 1971 where he stayed until he transferred to Bismarck, ND in 1978. His final transfer was to Fargo, ND in 1994 where he worked until his retirement in February of 1997. Larry worked for Consolidated Freightways for 30 years. He received many safety awards and personally received the award for one-million miles of safe driving from the company.

After retirement Larry and Lorraine returned to Lemmon where he enjoyed his two main hobbies, playing cards, especially poker, and fishing. He continued to enjoy a few other hobbies which included playing guitar and hunting and especially spending time with his grandchildren.

Larry is survived by his wife, Lorraine (Krebs) Moser, Lemmon, SD; three daughters, Becky (Dave) Moser-Eckmann, Rapid City, SD; Sherri (Bill Bodensteiner) Moser, Alleman, IA; Rose (Gary) Schlick, Mahnomen, MN; his five grandchildren, Morgan Bodensteiner, Erin Bodensteiner, Dalton Eckmann, Brody Schlick and Isabella Schlick; 2 sisters, Iona Baumeister, Lemmon, SD, and Millie (Ron) Roland, Rapid City, SD; 2 brothers-in-law, Charles Peterson, Lemmon, SD, and Dale Campbell, Keldron, SD; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his stepmother, Anna Geneva Moser, mother and father-in-law, Kathrine and Nick Krebs, 4 sisters, Bernice Young Mullikin, Bonnie Campbell, Rosemary Peterson and Kay Smyle, one brother, Jack Moser, 5 brothers-in-law, Gene Baumeister, Sid Young, Warren Mullikin, Nick Krebs and Pete Krebs, and a sister-in-law, Julie Moser McDowell.

Visitation will be on Thursday from 1:00 to 5:30pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and on Friday one hour prior to services at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon.