OBITUARY
Haskell Moseley, 85, of Broken Bow, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at McCurtain Manor in Broken Bow. Haskell Moseley was born May 16, 1925 at Eagletown, Oklahoma to Game D. Moseley and Eva Claude Caldwell Moseley. At age 3, he and his family moved to Choctaw Lumber & Coat Company, Alikchi Camp in the "hole". He went to school at Bethel, Battiest and Wright City. Haskell was 17 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and he joined the Navy and served four years during WWII. He married Reba Nette Lites in 1945, and had two daughters, Lynn Annette and Jo Anna. He then re-entered the Navy and served in the Korean War. Returning home to Wright City, he was elected American Legion Post Commander and was elected Master of Masonic Lodge #483. Finally fulfilling a lifelong dream, he became an Oklahoma Game Ranger in 1964 where he excelled at his work, earning the Distinguished Service Medal, the 1974 Oklahoma Game Ranger of the Year award, and the Wildlife Officer of the Year from the SHIKAR SAFARI INT. Club of America. He retired in 1990 and moved back to McCurtain County to enjoy his love of the outdoors and his passion for fishing. Haskell leaves to cherish his memory his brother and sister-in-law, Winford and Georgia Moseley of Mineral Point, WI; daughter Lynn Coons of Broken Bow, daughter and son-in-law Jo Anna and Melvin Cupit of Broken Bow. Grandchildren, Shanna and husband Michael Taylor of Broken Bow; Melva and husband Clay Palmer of Gladstone, MO; Chad Coons of Coyle, OK; and Boyce Coons and wife LaWanda of King George, VA; and Jimmy and Shelly Cupit, Valliant. Great-grandchildren, Kaylie, Morgan and Keaton Taylor, Carson and Case Palmer, Chyna Coons, Denzel Cherry and Bryton Carlisle. He was adored by several very special nieces and nephews and a host of fellow fisherman, hunters and friends. In honor of his request, there will be no formal services. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his name to the Oklahoma State Game Warden's Association "OK Game Wardens In Need" Fund, 207 N Oak Street #7, Sallisaw, OK 74955. At a later date his family and friends will rejoice his life and scatter his ashes in the woods he loved so much. His only wish was that the next time you catch a fish or see a deer in his beloved McCurtain County, please think of Haskell and smile.
Obituary courtesy of Bunch Singleton Funeral Home
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
BIO and photo: courtesy of Karla Todd Sherer
For Haskell & all VETS:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
Haskell Moseley, 85, of Broken Bow, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at McCurtain Manor in Broken Bow. Haskell Moseley was born May 16, 1925 at Eagletown, Oklahoma to Game D. Moseley and Eva Claude Caldwell Moseley. At age 3, he and his family moved to Choctaw Lumber & Coat Company, Alikchi Camp in the "hole". He went to school at Bethel, Battiest and Wright City. Haskell was 17 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and he joined the Navy and served four years during WWII. He married Reba Nette Lites in 1945, and had two daughters, Lynn Annette and Jo Anna. He then re-entered the Navy and served in the Korean War. Returning home to Wright City, he was elected American Legion Post Commander and was elected Master of Masonic Lodge #483. Finally fulfilling a lifelong dream, he became an Oklahoma Game Ranger in 1964 where he excelled at his work, earning the Distinguished Service Medal, the 1974 Oklahoma Game Ranger of the Year award, and the Wildlife Officer of the Year from the SHIKAR SAFARI INT. Club of America. He retired in 1990 and moved back to McCurtain County to enjoy his love of the outdoors and his passion for fishing. Haskell leaves to cherish his memory his brother and sister-in-law, Winford and Georgia Moseley of Mineral Point, WI; daughter Lynn Coons of Broken Bow, daughter and son-in-law Jo Anna and Melvin Cupit of Broken Bow. Grandchildren, Shanna and husband Michael Taylor of Broken Bow; Melva and husband Clay Palmer of Gladstone, MO; Chad Coons of Coyle, OK; and Boyce Coons and wife LaWanda of King George, VA; and Jimmy and Shelly Cupit, Valliant. Great-grandchildren, Kaylie, Morgan and Keaton Taylor, Carson and Case Palmer, Chyna Coons, Denzel Cherry and Bryton Carlisle. He was adored by several very special nieces and nephews and a host of fellow fisherman, hunters and friends. In honor of his request, there will be no formal services. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his name to the Oklahoma State Game Warden's Association "OK Game Wardens In Need" Fund, 207 N Oak Street #7, Sallisaw, OK 74955. At a later date his family and friends will rejoice his life and scatter his ashes in the woods he loved so much. His only wish was that the next time you catch a fish or see a deer in his beloved McCurtain County, please think of Haskell and smile.
Obituary courtesy of Bunch Singleton Funeral Home
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
BIO and photo: courtesy of Karla Todd Sherer
For Haskell & all VETS:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
OBITUARY
Haskell Moseley, 85, of Broken Bow, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at McCurtain Manor in Broken Bow. Haskell Moseley was born May 16, 1925 at Eagletown, Oklahoma to Game D. Moseley and Eva Claude Caldwell Moseley. At age 3, he and his family moved to Choctaw Lumber & Coat Company, Alikchi Camp in the "hole". He went to school at Bethel, Battiest and Wright City. Haskell was 17 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and he joined the Navy and served four years during WWII. He married Reba Nette Lites in 1945, and had two daughters, Lynn Annette and Jo Anna. He then re-entered the Navy and served in the Korean War. Returning home to Wright City, he was elected American Legion Post Commander and was elected Master of Masonic Lodge #483. Finally fulfilling a lifelong dream, he became an Oklahoma Game Ranger in 1964 where he excelled at his work, earning the Distinguished Service Medal, the 1974 Oklahoma Game Ranger of the Year award, and the Wildlife Officer of the Year from the SHIKAR SAFARI INT. Club of America. He retired in 1990 and moved back to McCurtain County to enjoy his love of the outdoors and his passion for fishing. Haskell leaves to cherish his memory his brother and sister-in-law, Winford and Georgia Moseley of Mineral Point, WI; daughter Lynn Coons of Broken Bow, daughter and son-in-law Jo Anna and Melvin Cupit of Broken Bow. Grandchildren, Shanna and husband Michael Taylor of Broken Bow; Melva and husband Clay Palmer of Gladstone, MO; Chad Coons of Coyle, OK; and Boyce Coons and wife LaWanda of King George, VA; and Jimmy and Shelly Cupit, Valliant. Great-grandchildren, Kaylie, Morgan and Keaton Taylor, Carson and Case Palmer, Chyna Coons, Denzel Cherry and Bryton Carlisle. He was adored by several very special nieces and nephews and a host of fellow fisherman, hunters and friends. In honor of his request, there will be no formal services. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his name to the Oklahoma State Game Warden's Association "OK Game Wardens In Need" Fund, 207 N Oak Street #7, Sallisaw, OK 74955. At a later date his family and friends will rejoice his life and scatter his ashes in the woods he loved so much. His only wish was that the next time you catch a fish or see a deer in his beloved McCurtain County, please think of Haskell and smile.
Obituary courtesy of Bunch Singleton Funeral Home
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
BIO and photo: courtesy of Karla Todd Sherer
For Haskell & all VETS:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
Haskell Moseley, 85, of Broken Bow, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010 at McCurtain Manor in Broken Bow. Haskell Moseley was born May 16, 1925 at Eagletown, Oklahoma to Game D. Moseley and Eva Claude Caldwell Moseley. At age 3, he and his family moved to Choctaw Lumber & Coat Company, Alikchi Camp in the "hole". He went to school at Bethel, Battiest and Wright City. Haskell was 17 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and he joined the Navy and served four years during WWII. He married Reba Nette Lites in 1945, and had two daughters, Lynn Annette and Jo Anna. He then re-entered the Navy and served in the Korean War. Returning home to Wright City, he was elected American Legion Post Commander and was elected Master of Masonic Lodge #483. Finally fulfilling a lifelong dream, he became an Oklahoma Game Ranger in 1964 where he excelled at his work, earning the Distinguished Service Medal, the 1974 Oklahoma Game Ranger of the Year award, and the Wildlife Officer of the Year from the SHIKAR SAFARI INT. Club of America. He retired in 1990 and moved back to McCurtain County to enjoy his love of the outdoors and his passion for fishing. Haskell leaves to cherish his memory his brother and sister-in-law, Winford and Georgia Moseley of Mineral Point, WI; daughter Lynn Coons of Broken Bow, daughter and son-in-law Jo Anna and Melvin Cupit of Broken Bow. Grandchildren, Shanna and husband Michael Taylor of Broken Bow; Melva and husband Clay Palmer of Gladstone, MO; Chad Coons of Coyle, OK; and Boyce Coons and wife LaWanda of King George, VA; and Jimmy and Shelly Cupit, Valliant. Great-grandchildren, Kaylie, Morgan and Keaton Taylor, Carson and Case Palmer, Chyna Coons, Denzel Cherry and Bryton Carlisle. He was adored by several very special nieces and nephews and a host of fellow fisherman, hunters and friends. In honor of his request, there will be no formal services. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in his name to the Oklahoma State Game Warden's Association "OK Game Wardens In Need" Fund, 207 N Oak Street #7, Sallisaw, OK 74955. At a later date his family and friends will rejoice his life and scatter his ashes in the woods he loved so much. His only wish was that the next time you catch a fish or see a deer in his beloved McCurtain County, please think of Haskell and smile.
Obituary courtesy of Bunch Singleton Funeral Home
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
BIO and photo: courtesy of Karla Todd Sherer
For Haskell & all VETS:
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE
©Copyright 1981 by CDR Kelly Strong, USCG (Ret).
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
Gravesite Details
Cremation - Ashes at headstone in cemetery and also at some of his favorite hunting & fishing places
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