CATHY LEE MOSER (HEIN)

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CATHY LEE MOSER
June 14, 1952 – September 19, 2022

Cathy Lee Moser (née Hein), the heart of her family and of so many dear friend groups, passed away following a nearly two-year battle with cancer. She passed peacefully in her sleep at 3:30 a.m. on Monday, September 19, 2022 at St. Boniface Hospital. She had recently celebrated her 70th birthday.
Cathy was predeceased by her mother Marion Hein (née Phillips), who lost her own battle to cancer in 1985 at just 52 years old. Cathy's greatest fear in life was getting the disease that took her mother. Through her own fear and grief, Cathy found strength, courage, and wisdom for herself and her family in God. Cathy surrendered her life to God and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Saviour later that same year. She also ensured that her own two children, Cheryl Ann Moser and Carl William Moser, who she leaves to mourn, were educated about God, baptized, and given the option to choose a Christian way of life.
Cathy's unshakable faith moved so many of you to put your love for her into action, that she never walked alone. An unfortunate leader among family and friends in being the first to go, she is the only one of us who transitioned from this life into the next surrounded by everyone she loved, and who loved her right back.
Cathy leaves to mourn her father, Benjamin Hein, who recently turned 95; her three younger siblings, Deborah Henry (née Hein; m. Bill Henry), Teresa Hein, Jeffrey Hein (m. Mireille Fiola-Hein); and her four nieces, Kristin, Carmen, Katarina and Sophia.
Cathy also leaves to mourn her soulmate and partner of more than 50 years, married June 2, 1973, husband Dieter Hans Moser. They met when Cathy was just 18, and they were rarely apart. Usually only for days at a time when "Deets" would go on a hunting or fishing trip. He would always come home with "miss-me bumps", these goofy little physical signs of stress behind his ears when they were apart for too long.
Cathy's proudest accomplishment, next to being a wife and mother, was being a grandmother. She leaves to mourn her two granddaughters, Shayla and Cali, who embody their grandma's heart, creativity, and spirit more each day. Cathy also got over her allergy to cats.
Cathy's friends were her family and shone like stars for her. Heather Davis, you shone longest. Sylvia Piper, you shone brightest. Both of you stepped-up for Cathy as friends do, but also for her husband and children, as she knew you would. There are too many others to thank.
Cathy had long accepted that an Earthly death is part of an Earthly life just like sunshine, swimming pools and taxes. She prayed and asked God for just a few things in exchange for doing her Christian best to live gently, lovingly, and with humility: (1) Please don't take my children from me; (2) Please don't take me from my children, while they are children; (3) Please don't let me suffer.
And God, who so loved his Christian child in Cathy Lee Moser, said yes.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at Friends Funeral Service, 2146 Main Street, Winnipeg.

Details at https://www.friendsfs.ca/

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 01, 2022