Vinita Moreau

Vinita Sadie was born February 19, 1928 north of Wheeler, Kansas to Sadie Mae and George William Cathey. She graduated Hickman High School in 1947, the last but not the least of six sisters. She married Elrie Lewis Moreau on March 21, 1948 and they resided in Columbia until his passing in 2008. She went to meet him again on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. She is survived by her three children: Linda, Leah, and Steven (Nancee); and two grandchildren, Cameron and Taylor.

Vinita sacrificed unselfishly for her family and she did so without thinking twice. She was about her family, she loved everyone dearly. Who can forget Sunday lunches that she insisted on having with her entire family sitting around the kitchen table talking about weeks past and weeks to come, cutting up, making jokes, laughing, and then having serious conversations about things that needed to be resolved. Thanksgiving dinners that we came together for. Or the Christmases she insisted on having at Steven and Nancee’s house when her grandkids started believing in Santa Claus. Most of those who shared a meal will always remember her in the kitchen preparing a huge meal and refusing to let anyone else help. Or her infamous pumpkin pie that most of us later found out was made with her canned carrots instead! She was a good cook (obviously), she loved to make baby quilts, crochet pot holders and to garden. We love you and you will be missed.