Madalyn R. Mosher

Madalyn is predeceased by her parents, Walter Roosa, Doreen Elston, her dear stepfather, Charles Elston, her brother Norman Roosa, her loving husband of 62 years---Edward, and her two beautiful children, Deb and Rob who she lost too soon. She is survived by her two loving brothers, Richard (Peggy) Roosa, and Robert Roosa, and a multitude of incredible nieces and nephews.

She leaves behind a family that she was the heart and matriarch of. A family that will miss her always. Her four children who she loved and adored. Linda (John), Dale, Ed (Mary), and Shari. Her seven beautiful grandchildren, Christy (Josh), John (Liz), Melissa, Ed III, Rachel (Tom), Dean and Evan, and her ten beautiful great grandbabies, Dylan, Madalyn, Lilly, Johannes, Kaylon, Aiden, Alexander, McKenna, Finley, and Emery.

Madalyn's life was a beautiful story, from beginning to end. Her tremendous life spanned 90 years. Born in the throes of the Great Depression in 1934 in Middletown, NY, she worked hard from a young age onward. When she was small and times were particularly hard, she'd help her mother and father by picking wild strawberries to sell for five cents a quart, or would put newspapers in her shoes to make them last a little longer.

When she was 16, she attended Union Springs Academy, a Seventh Day Adventist School, and graduated as the youngest in her class. She worked her way through school, supporting herself the whole way. While at the academy, she made friends that she had for a lifetime, many of whom would join her for a summer picnic or dinner at home. They raised their children together, and swapped stories and letters for decades.

At 18, Madalyn married the love of her life, Ed. Military duty called, and the newlyweds were whisked off from Middletown to France, and there their love blossomed. Over the years, their family and love for each other grew. They moved back to Harpursville and shared an exquisite life together. They had a family with six kids, a lovely home, and always put their family first, sitting down for dinner together practically every night. They never lost their love for traveling, and would pack the crew up in the family station wagon for a trip downstate to see family, or a trip across the country to go exploring. Well into retirement Madalyn and Ed went to see the world, going back to their first home in Lille, France, visiting Sweden, and regularly taking cross-country roadtrips together. When traveling became difficult, Madalyn would still see the world from one of the thousands of books that she read. An avid reader, her bookshelf was never empty, and her nightstand always had a stack of books from the Nineveh Library.

There was nothing Madalyn could not do. She was a bona fide seamstress---she made her children's clothes from infancy onward, and her daughter's their wedding gowns and you would have sworn they were from a Manhattan department store. She was an incredible baker. She would make hundreds of dozens (that's right, hundreds!) of cookies every Christmas. She made an amazing pie crust and every kind of pie you could think of. She was an avid gardener, tending a garden that spanned a quarter of an acre that fed most of the family for many summers, as she was keen on canning, pickling, and jarring all of the fruits of her labor.

She played the piano, the organ, the accordion---perfectly. She had a beautiful singing voice and a love for music and hymns that she passed on to her children and grandchildren. Many holiday nights were spent caroling around a piano, or listening to her play the organ in church. You name it, she could do it---this summary does not do all of her skills justice.

Madalyn had the strongest faith. She started her journey with Christ as a young woman, and never wavered, even when life presented her with insurmountable challenges and loss. She prayed, read her Bible, and acted on her faith in the good work she did over many years. She listened and gave of herself to others. She built the Blessed Hope Seventh Day Adventist Church with her daughter Shari, and together they spread and shared a beautiful ministry. Madalyn was an Elder of the Adventist Church, a profound speaker, a member of the NYS SDA Conference--- and she knew her Bible inside and out, and she truly lived the golden rule.

Most importantly, Madalyn was the heart of our family. She was our beloved mom, our radiant Nana, our perfect sister, and our dearest friend. She was our angel on Earth, and we were so blessed to have had her. We will miss her always----no day will be the same without her. We have faith that we will one day see her again, hope to sustain us until that time, and love that will last forever. We know that when we see her again, and Jesus welcomes us home, he will say to her first, well done my good and faithful servant, well done.

The family will receive friends at the Wm. R. Chase & Son Funeral Home, 737 Chenango Street, Port Dickinson, NY on Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 11am-1pm with a Funeral Service to follow at 1pm. Burial will be in the new Ohio Cemetery in the spring.