Leland Leroy Moser

MOSER, Leland Leroy b: Feb 14 1938, Logan, KS
d: Sep 17 2006
arr: Brumback Funeral Home, Stockton, MO
Daily Democrat, Clinton MO, Sep 22 2006 -
Leland Leroy Moser died after a brief fight with cancer at the age of 68 on Sunday, September 17, 2006. He was born to Ray and Bertha Moser in Logan, Kansas, on February 14, 1938. He was preceded in death by his parents and two older brothers, Jerry Moser and Roy Moser. He is survived by his two brothers, Thearon "Bud" Moser and Loren Moser, four daughters, Angela Moser Poland, Fairbanks, Alaska, Bonnie "Jake" Dyer, Ozark, Vicki Lee Moser, Poteau, Oklahoma, and Lenora Dee Culpepper, Heavener, Oklahoma; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandson. He moved with his family to Cripple Creek, Colorado, where he graduated high school before joining the United States Navy. He served in the Navy as a radio man on the USS Currier DE-700. He had many occupations that included the family sawmill, mining, underwater welder, before finding his lifelong career in law enforcement. He served on the Stockton Police Department to become Chief of Police in the early 1970s where he started a K-9 unit. He then moved to Clinton Police Department and retired in 1993, at age 55, moving back to Stockton. He was a very active member of the Stockton VFW Post 5525. Funeral services were Friday, September 22, at Brumback Funeral Home, Stockton. Burial will be in Colorado.