Dorothy LaFern Mosman

Dorothy was the oldest daughter of seven children born on Nov. 2, 1930, in Pilot Point, TX, to William and Jewel Boggs. She married Bob Mosman on April 14, 1952, in Gainesville, Texas. Mama and daddy raised dairy cattle on farms in Sanger, Texas, and in Ardmore, Oklahoma, before moving to Dallas in 1964.

She was most proud of her seven children, 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson. Mama was a great cook. She made the best soup, pot roast, chicken & dumplings, fried potatoes in a cast iron skillet, and flapjacks in town. None of us have perfected her breakfast gravy yet. Her peach cobbler was out of this world. Mama was a master at canning fruits and vegetables and making plum and tomato jelly. She looked forward to cooking a turkey, cornbread dressing and pecan pies at Thanksgiving, and helping daddy make BBQ at Christmas. The kids would look forward to coming home from school and eating warm homemade bread with butter or jelly (sometimes eating one whole loaf at a time). She loved spending time with family and going to Lake Texoma any chance she got. Even though she couldn’t swim, she had no qualms about getting out in the middle of the lake with her “tube”. We would ask her why she never learned how to swim and she said Grandma told her to “you kids aren’t getting around that water until you learn how to swim.”

Mama took classes on decorating cakes at Montgomery Ward. She perfected the “Barbie Doll Cakes” for the girls. She got a membership at Elaine Powers to get in shape, and was awarded free membership months for winning weight loss contests. Daddy would always tease her and say, “you goin’ to pump iron”? When Kim rode the school bus to Lakewood Elementary School, mom worked as a bus monitor. She would sit in the back of the bus and take names of the kids that misbehaved. The kids that had their name reported to the principal wouldn’t have much to say to Kim after that. After Kim started high school, she went to work for Bauman Market Research, and enjoyed every minute of it. We all benefitted from that job, because we got to taste test chips, sample free razors, and all sorts of “test” items. We still remember mom making the research calls from home sometimes.

Rachelle & Kim remember riding in the backseat of the car on Friday nights going to the grocery store. If someone honked at her, she would peek up over the steering wheel and say “blow it out your a#!, you jackleg”. When we were growing up, Mom would ask Kim and her granddaughters who would want to brush her hair, and we would all fight over who was going to do it first. It never failed, mama would always fall asleep.

Her only trip on an airplane was to Las Vegas with Buddy, Lori, Paul & Kim. When daddy would win on the slot machines, mama would be following him around scooping up his quarters to go cash them in while daddy was telling the machine to “TALK TO ME BABY!”.

Mama had a heart of gold and a smile that wouldn’t quit. She loved to cut up with people and make them laugh. Even in her last days, if you asked her how she was feeling she would say, “with my fingers, how do ya’ think?”. During one of her hospital visits at Baylor, the nurse asked her if she knew where she was and she said, “yea, right here in this bed.” Another funny moment, a nurse asked her for her birthday, and mom said, “November 2nd” . . . the nurse asked “what year?” to which mom replied, “every year”. The nurse got a big kick out of that. A few of the nurses on the floor often referred to her as “mama”.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her mom and dad (William & Jewel), her brothers (Jessie, Troy and Billy), her husband (Bob) and her beloved daughter (Rita).

Dorothy is survived by her children: Kathy Carroll, Dale Mosman, Sharon Moon, Karen Piearce, David Mosman, Kim Coppedge and her husband Paul; sisters: Linda Kesterson and Betty Muller; brother, Kenneth Boggs; grandchildren: JC Carroll, Crystal Carroll, Robert Carroll, Rachelle Thompson, Michael Lannon, Clayton Mosman, and his wife Whitney, Nelson Mosman, Candice Hogue and her husband Robert, Jennifer Kirchenbauer, Cassie Lawson and her husband Reese, Megan Coppedge, Cameron Coppedge; great-grandchildren: Steffan Hoedebeck, Tia Thompson, Colton Mosley and his wife, Lauren, Kelci Mosley, Christa Lannon, Matthew Lannon, Danika Palacios and Audrey Carroll; great-great grandson, Rohen Mosley.

Pallbearers will be: Clayton Mosman, Michael Lannon, Robert Carroll, Nelson Mosman, Colton Mosley, and Robert Hogue.

The family of Dorothy Mosman wishes to extend our sincere thanks to her caregivers: Dr. Rothstein, Dr. Carry, Lisa Ball, the staff of 11th Floor Baylor Roberts Building, VNA Hospice staff (Dr. Nayak, Patricia Novoa, RN, Amanda Hermes, RN, Becky Allen, RN, Toni Okobi, RN, Paul Ramler, Chaplain, Cindy Nitschke and Kristina West).

We will miss mama dearly, but we know that she is no longer suffering and is in Heaven with daddy and Rita.

Arrangements under the direction of Calvary Hill Funeral Home, Dallas, TX.