Mildred Woods Moseley

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Mildred Woods Moseley, the daughter of E. Leslie Woods and Lena Nolet Woods, passed away Nov. 26, 2011. She lived for 98 years and touched people with her warmth, sincerity and determination. Mildred was born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and grew up in Winsted. She graduated from high school in Winsted, before attending Bay Path Institute in Springfield, Mass., for one year. She then transferred to Larson School in Hamden, now Quinnipiac College. She graduated from Larson with honors in 1934 and acquired a teaching certificate from the Gregg Publishing Company of New York City.She was secretary to the headmistress of Wykeham Rise School for Girls and, while working in Hamden, Mildred was secretary to the principal of Hamden High School for several years.Shortly after her marriage to Arthur Easton Moseley in 1940, she returned to New York state and lived in Buskirk for 47 years. She and Arthur then moved to Chester and lived next door to their daughter and son-in-law for 10 years. They then moved and spent the remainder of their lives in Brunswick, Maine, where their daughter and son-in-law also lived.She and Arthur enjoyed spending the winter season in Brooksville, Fla., for 20 years. In Florida they fostered several long-lasting friendships at Cloverleaf. They celebrated their 64th anniversary just two days before his death in 2004.Mildred had one brother, Frank L. Woods, and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Fleeger Woods. She also had a second sister-in-law, Janette Moseley, the wife of Arthur’s brother, Paul Moseley. She commented many times how fortunate she felt to have two wonderful sisters-in-law.She leaves her son, Wayne Woods Moseley, and his wife, Deborah, living in Mississippi, and a daughter, Carol Moseley Davis, and her husband, Bob Davis, in Harpswell, Maine. She has five grandchildren and three step-grandchildren, as well as six great-grandchildren and six step-great-grandchildren. She has nieces and nephews from both sides of the family living in Seattle, Wash., and West Hoosick, N.Y.If a donation in honor of Mildred is desired, her soft spot was The Tedford Shelter at 49 Cumberland St., Brunswick, ME 04011. A memorial service will be held at the West Hoosick Baptist Church in West Hoosick, N.Y., in warmer weather when family can reunite.