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Hoosick – Janette Marion Brix Moseley of West Hoosick, NY, passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, January 26, 2013. Born March 6, 1922, on the Indian Hill Farm in Hoosick NY, Janette was the daughter of Marius Brix Kjelgaard and Stella (Hendricksen) Kjelgaard. For sixty-eight years she was the loving wife of Paul Raymond Moseley, who died in 2011. She was almost ninety-one years old when she passed.
She spent her childhood growing up in the Hoosick/Breese Hollow area during the depression. Her father and mother were farmers who had moved to the area from North Dakota. Janette was the youngest of three children; her older sister and brother, Erland and Genevieve, both pre-deceased her. The early school years were spent attending a one room country schoolhouse in Breese Hollow, walking to and from it during the fall, winter and spring. It was during this time period that she became acquainted with her life-long best friend, Marion (Goodermote) Hynick, who lived nearby. Later, she attended Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, graduating in 1938. While in high school she fancied a boy by the name of Paul Raymond Moseley, but it wasn’t until a few years after graduation, when her brother Erland introduced them, that she got to know the one she would soon marry and spend the rest of her life with. Paul and Janette were wedded in Holy Matrimony on August 29, 1942, after which they moved to a parcel of farmland located in West Hoosick. It was there that they settled and raised five children, Paula, Gerry, Harold, Ann and Scott. She had various interests and hobbies that ranged from horseback riding and raising Boston terriers to co-piloting a Cessna 172. She was a member of the International Flying Farmers, and she organized a ceramic business that she ran on the farm. This latter venture turned into a more particular pastime, porcelain doll making. Dolls became a tremendous passion of hers, and she quickly became an avid collector and adorer. Occasionally, she would travel to different community establishments, such as the Danforth Center, Health Center or the Senior Center to give “doll talks” and demonstrations of doll fabrication and history.
Janette definitely loved and enjoyed her life to the fullest, always happy and always positive, but what she really cherished the most was the simple time spent with her husband, family and friends and the get-together at Christmas for the group dinner, fellowship and the celebration of her Lord – Jesus Christ. She was a proud and devoted member of the West Hoosick Baptist Church for over 50 years; when in her later years she was sometimes referred to as the “Matriarch of West Hoosick,” she would play along and give the queen’s wave.
Janette is survived by her children, Paula and husband Don Baker, Gerry and wife Donna Moseley. Harold Moseley, Ann and husband John Mayhew, Scott and wife Terry Moseley, along with 13 grand children and 12 great-grandchildren. She is pre-deceased by two grandsons, Timothy Scott Moseley and Glenn Edward Baker, and Harold Moseley’s wife, Lucy Springer Moseley.
Visitation hour is on Thursday, January 31, from 1 to 2 pm at the West Hoosick Baplist Church. The Funeral Service follows immediately at 2 pm in the same location. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the West Hoosick Baptist Church, 1339 Buskirk-West Hoosick Road,Buskirk, NY, 12028. Arrangements arc under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY.