'Mattie' Monson Moore

Services for Martha "Mattie" Monson Moore, 95, of Battle Creek will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk with burial in McCoy Cemetery at Meadow Grove. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. Roger Monson will officiate. Martha "Mattie" Monson Moore, age 95, entered into the presence of her Lord April 13, 2011, at Community Pride Care Center in Battle Creek. She had been a resident since January 2009. Mattie was born Jan. 10, 1916, at Glidden, Iowa, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Worley) Swarm. The Swarm family moved to Nebraska when Mattie was just a young girl. She attended school in Meadow Grove through the eighth grade. Mattie and Dave Monson began their courtship in 1934 after meeting at a church service at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Meadow Grove. He would come to her house, and they would sit and visit. That went on for quite some time, and then they started going to church together. Dave popped the big question, and on Oct. 27, 1934, they were married in Stanton. To this union were born four children: LeRoy, Roger, Evone and Kenneth.\r\nShortly after they were married, Dave worked as a drayman delivering coal and other freight from the railroad. Mattie worked at Tubbies' cafe. Shortly after that, they took a job as operators of a cabbage farm five miles west of Battle Creek. They lived in a one- room tin shack and received $40 per month for the farming. They later began farming on their own and did it for many years in the Newman Grove area. Later, they moved northeast of Meadow Grove to another farm, and from there they purchased the White Way Cafe and operated that for many years. Following the cafe, Dave worked for Madison County on the bridge crew, and Mattie cooked at the Tilden hospital for 16 years. Mattie will be known for her wit, hard work, being a loving wife and very gracious mother. Dave and Mattie were very godly parents and always put God first in their lives and made sure that they along with their children were in church every time the church doors were open. They were members of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Meadow Grove. Dave passed away in 1974. Mattie was married to Elvin Moore July 7, 1977, at Norfolk. They made their home in Ainsworth.\r\nShe is survived by her husband, Elvin Moore of Ainsworth; three sons, LeRoy and Nona Monson, Billings, Mont., Roger and Pat Monson, Newell, S.D., Kenneth and Doris Monson, Ogilivie, Minn; one daughter, Evone and Kay O'Banion, Meadow Grove; two stepchildren, Jim and Zelda Moore, Ainsworth, Darlene and John Reilly, Texas; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, five sisters and three brothers. Congregational hymns will be "How Great Thou Art," "Thank You For Giving to the Lord," "Beyond the Sunset." Casket bearers are Jarret Petsch, Steve Monson, Stan Monson, Kelton Monson, Ronald Herbert, Nick Fernau.

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'Mattie' Monson Moore

January 10, 1916 - April 13, 2011