IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Donald "Don"

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Moss

d. Apr 28, 2018

Obituary

Donald F. "Don" Moss, 80, of Grand Island passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lincoln following a brief illness.
Service and celebration of Don's life will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Gollaher Chapel, officiated by the Rev. David Clark. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at All Faiths Funeral Home.

Don was born Nov. 10, 1937, to Henry and Viola (Kruse) Moss at Cairo. He graduated from Gibbon High School, class of 1955. Don attended UNL and graduated from Kearney Nebraska State Teacher's College with both a bachelor's and master's degree in industrial arts.
After teaching seven years at Columbus High School, he returned to Grand Island to farm with his father, Henry. Following his father's death, Don's son-in-law, Kerry Cooksley, joined Don on the farm. 2017 marked Don's 50th year running the combine. Don greatly enjoyed reading farm magazines and learning new farming techniques, driving his Peterbilt semi and was a faithful steward of the land.
On Jan. 9, 1982, Don married Donna (Price) Zook. Don was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and a former member of the Platt Duetsche and Saddle Club.

Survivors include his wife, Donna; Don's daughters, Kimberly and Cynthia; a stepdaughter and her husband, Terry and Kerry Cooksley of Alda, and their children, Quentin (Ashley) Cooksley, Aaron (Jessica) Cooksley, Hadley (Reba) Cooksley and Audra Cooksley; a stepson, Kent Zook of Grand Island, and his children, Christina (Brandon) Engleman, Courtney (Robby) Pinkelman, and Nathan Zook; and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a great-grandson, Noah Cooksley.
Memorials are suggested to Trinity United Methodist Church.
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