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Page A8 Lake Oconee News Friday, February 10,2017 Obituaries The deadline for obituaries is 1 p.m. Monday. Funeral homes may send notices to obits@lakeoconeenews.us. Warren Leroy Moser Jan. 29,2017 Warren Leroy Moser, age 86 of Greensboro passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. A memorial celebration will be held Saturday, Febr. 11,2017 at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, North Campus, 202 West Broad St, in Greensboro with the Reverends David Key and Becky Matheny of the Lake Oconee Commu nity Church officiating. The Reynolds Chorus, dear to Warren and Jeanne, will sing some of his favorite hymns. Following the service, the family will host a reception at the McCommons Funeral Home, 109 West Broad Street, Greensboro as planned by Warren. Known for his good nature and wit, Warren and his wife, Jeanne enjoyed living in the Lake Oconee area for the last 20 years. Drawn to Georgia by their mutual love of golf and fellowship with friends, their hopes and expec tations were more than satisfied. Warren was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1930, the second son of Milton Philip Moser and Mae Perrottet Moser, both from Shiloh Valley Township in llinois. Warren graduated from Belleville Township High School in Belleville, Illinois, and completed his BS in Econom ics at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in 1951. He joined the Navy in 1951 as an aviation ensign during the Korean War and received his wings a year later. He became an aircraft carrier pilot and served a total of four years, fulfilling his tour as a 1st Lieutenant. In addition, he was in the Naval Reserves for 10 years. He worked for 32 years in various positions for Southwestern Bell which ultimately became AT&T. He retired in 1987 as Senior Division Manager, Human Resources. He then formed a consulting firm with Jeanne, designing and conducting HR conferences all over the United States, Canada and Europe. Warren was very proud that all of his children and grandchildren went to college. He is predeceased by his parents, his first wife, Peggy James Moser, and brother, Evan Moser. Survivors include his wife, Jeanne; four children from his first marriage, David Moser (Lori), Jocelyn Moser Fry (John), Richard Moser (Cindy); and Phillip Moser (engaged to Kim Lewis); a sister-in-law, Betty Lou Moser; ten grandchildren, Carrie (Michael), Laura (Adam), Evan, Emily, Sarah, Christopher, Elle, Katie (Matt), Sean and Eric; four great-grandchildren, Ada, Allie, Brooks and Jackson; a stepson, Michael Kardos (Alexandra); a stepdaughter, Elizabeth Vasconcellos (Peter) and three step-grandchildren, Holden, Griffin and Leon. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Lake Oconee Community Church or to the Alzheimer’s Association for Research, P.O. Box 96OII, Washington, DC. 20090-6011 in memory of Warren L. Moser. McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W. Broad St., Greens boro, GA, (706)453-2626, has charge of arrangements. Visit us at www.mccommonsfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest register. GET BREAKING NEWS ONLINE! www.lakeoconeenews.us C^uneraf 3~£ome May those who have lost a loved one find strength in the love of family and in the warm embrace of friends. McCommons Funeral Home Callaway Funeral Home, and Georgias Lake Country Crematory “Over 100 Years and 5 Generations of Family Funeral and Cremation Service” FUNERAL HOMES - MONUMENTS - PREARRANGEMENTS - CREMATORY 706.453.2626 706.486.4138 109 W. Broad St • Greensboro, GA 30642 208 N. 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A funeral mass was held Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church, 6341 Lake Oconee Parkway, Greens boro, GA 30642, with Rev. Young Nguyen officiating, with burial in Honey Creek Woodlands in Conyers. The Knights of Columbus served as honor guard. Don was born Sept. 30, 1944 in Covington, Kentucky, and was the son of the late Norbert Wissman and Frances Schmerge Wissman. He graduated from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky and served in the U.S Armyfrom 1965-67, includ ing a tour in Vietnam. On Jan. 27,1968, he married the former Susan Hehman. For more than 20 years, he worked for Hamilton Movers, Inc. as Information Manager, retiring in 1994. He moved from Park Hills, Kentucky, to Lake Oconee in Greene County in 2002. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed being outdoors. Don was a member of Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. Survivors include his wife, Susan Wissman, of Greens boro; two sisters, Peggy Weber (Ken) of Greensboro and Nancy Layton (Bruce) of Roseville, CA; four nieces, Kerrie Clasen (Nick) of Louisville, KY, Jennifer Wurst (Russ) of Sagamore Hills, OH, Becky Welch (Scotty) ofMt. Pleasant, SC and Melissa Kelley (Blake) of Folsom, CA; four nephews, Nicholas Layton of Roseville, CA, Derek Ryan (Karen) Sterling, VA, Mark Ryan (Janet) Richmond, VA, Nathan Ryan (Rachael Sussman) Lewisburg, PA; a number of great-nieces and great-nephews; two sisters-in law, Barbara Hehman and Sally Ryan, other relatives and many friends. He is also survived by his beloved dog and companion, Otis Lee, TDiT (therapy dog in training). The family requested in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Don’s honor to the Knights of Columbus, c/o Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church, 6341 Lake Oconee Parkway, Greensboro, GA 30642. McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W. Broad St., Greens boro, GA, (706) 453-2626, had charge of arrangements. Visit us at www.mccommonsfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest register. LAKE COUNTRY Congressman Hice announces February mobile office hours In an ongoing effort to provide constituent services, Congressman Jody Hice (GA-10) will host Mobile Office Hours with two opportunities for 10th District residents to meet with his staff in February. Mobile office hours provide residents who are unable to visit the Con gressman’s office because of time or location restric tions the opportunity to meet with a knowledge able member of his staff to discuss their concerns, share their priorities or seek help with a federal agency. ‘While I’m hard at work in Washington, D.C., I have a dedicated full-time team in the 10th Congressional District who stand willing and ready to help,” said 7TCH// Mini Storage Buildings Residential - Industrial - Commercial - Gated & Secured Congressman Hice. “If you have questions re garding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immi gration, veterans’ benefits, the IRS and other federal programs, I hope you will take advantage of my mobile office hours.” This month you can visit the mobile office at the Greene County Farm Bureau located at 1570 S. Main Street in Greensboro from 10 a.m. until noon on Feb. 10 in the conference room. Staff from Johnny Isakson’s and David Perdue’s offices will also be present. In addition to the Greene County meeting, Hice will send a staff member to the Loganville Senior Center to make a presentation to its local participants. To request an informa tional session for an organi zation or group, please call the Monroe office at 770- 207-1776 to schedule an event. Segars Continued from A4 not be able to access life saving care when they need it most. To give an example, just last week a patient pre sented to our emergency department and suffered a massive heart attack while signing in. Thank fully, our staff members were able to quickly re suscitate him and had the proper equipment and medication on hand to stabilize him for trans port. Such equipment and medication would not be available in an urgent care setting and he would not have survived the drive to Athens for initial care. Q. What have been the obstacles for bringing a new hospital to Madison? Bringing a new hospital to the citizens of Morgan County has been a work in progress for at least the last decade and has now been approved by the State on two separate occasions during that time. As with any project, we’ve had to work through various obstacles, in cluding several layers of government regulations, multiple levels of review and coordinating with a large number of collab orative partners such as DOT, legal entities, other hospitals and government officials. Each of these lengthened the process at times, but ultimately made us even more firm in our belief that this project is feasible and attainable. Throughout the years, one obstacle has remained constant . . . fear of the unknown by various groups and/or individuals. In our most recent plan, on which discussions began in February 2013, extreme due diligence has been done involving multiple outside entities and using conservative numbers to ensure that the project is financially viable. At some point we have to take a leap of faith and trust our elected and appointed leaders, all local taxpay ers themselves, to do their jobs. Q. Do we know the real cost to taxpayers? We understand that land has been donated and does the total cost cover everything to include equipment and infrastructure? And how will the cost be paid? The county commis sioners, and in turn local taxpayers, are commit ted to no more than $1 million annually for the next 25 years. There is no legal recourse that could mandate this amount to increase as the loan agreement is between the Morgan County Hospital Authority and the USDA, not the county. The total cost of the new facility will not exceed $36.3 million. This does include infrastructure, equipment, capitalized interest, fees and contin gencies. More important ly, we have to take into consideration the real cost if we don’t build a replacement facility. For the $1 million annual investment in local healthcare, the commu nity currently gets a $10.5 million annual return. This will grow to $14.3 million in a new facility. If MMH ceases to exist and the county is no longer spending the $1 million, it will not go back into the county coffers. Citizens will still need health care and the county has an obligation to provide for the indigent care of the community. The $1 million (and more!) will be spent to provide ad ditional ambulances to transport patients to and from surrounding areas, increases in staffing needs for the local health de partment, and potentially to compensate hospitals in surrounding areas for the care they are provid ing to our indigent. None of these expenses would generate the number of jobs or the economic return that a local hospital does. Q. What is the current status of the new hospital? Any estimate on a build and completion date? We were recently suc cessful in securing a $35 million USDA loan to serve as the long term financing for the new hospital. We are now in the process of securing a construction loan to cover costs during the building process. We remain hopeful to break ground in the next few months and anticipate the building process to take 14-16 months once groundbreaking occurs. Q. What would you like our readers to know about the building of a new Morgan County Hospital. Quite often we focus on the economics of whether or not to build a new hospital. While economically the project does make sense, what’s most important is the impact that a hospital, or lack thereof, has on the quality of life of local citizens. There are count less families in Morgan County who would have a gaping hole left by the loss of a loved one if not for the life-saving care provided at MMH. No monetary value can be placed on these lives . . . just ask these individuals or their family members. I want to thank the Chairman for taking these questions and for his hard work on difficult issues that affect us all. Also, thanks to the other members serving on the hospital board: Sarah Burbach, Vice Chair; Mary Ellen Shannon, Sec retary; Paul Courchaine, Treasurer; Sherry Ter- rell-Alexander; John Moore; Maynard “Butch” Thompson; Calvin Welch; and Dan Zant, M.D. To contact Hank Segars, email hank@msgr.com 10x15 10x20 10x25 Guaranteed Lowest Price M Call for ove in Special 417 Pea Ridge Eatonton, CA 706-485-9979 I’ve changed my mind. Now what?” Now, make a decision you’re comfortable with. Whether you’re having second thoughts about your prearrangement policy or with whom you’ve made prearrangements, changing your mind is never an inconvenience. To discuss all your service options, including transferring prearrangements, call us. We’re happy to assist you. FUNERAL" HOME - A friend of the family - 306 N. Jefferson Ave. Eatonton, GA 706-485-3303
