- Date Of Birth: January 6, 1930
- Date Of Death: March 20, 2014
- State: Nebraska
Nadine Louise Scheidegger was prematurely born January 6, 1930 in Pawnee City, NE to William l. and Beulah (Wissler) Scheidegger after her mother fell down some basement stairs. Her parents held her back a year so she and her younger brother, Sam, could start the Hunzeker Country School together which they attended through the eighth grade. Nadine and Sam graduated with the Class of 1949 at Pawnee City High School. On September 27, 1948 in Iowa, Nadine married Robert l. Moser. Four children were born to them: Sharon Kaye, Karen Hope, Roberta Dee (Sput), and Michael Lee. In addition, they were always willing to open their door to others in need. During her life she held various positions in a variety of businesses including taking care of the financial operations of Moser Construction, working in the offices of Pawnee Livestock and NFO, Campbell’s Soup, bartending and waitressing at Sharon’s Restaurant and the V.F.W Club, and in Housekeeping at the Pawnee Manor. She always considered the best part of any of her positions was the people she came into contact with. Nadine also played a big role in organizing and serving at the Moser fish fries. Nadine and Bob moved from the home they rented from Floyd and Irene Wilson to the property they purchased by the Burlington Depot. At that time, the house had no indoor plumbing, a cistern indoors to pump water and only an old wood stove to cook on. She made the best homemade bread and cinnamon rolls from this stove. They enjoyed raising cattle, hogs, and chickens. The day before she gave birth to Sput, she was chasing cattle back into the lot with Ron Ritchie’s help. They had two rows of grape vines on the property. Nadine became quite good at making different kinds of wines in a whiskey barrel in the basement. She was a faithful KFAB radio listener and listened to Billy Oakley’s Open Line on KMA-960 and to Paul Jarboe’s Lawn & Garden Solutions on KNZA on Saturday mornings. She always had a notebook and pen nearby to copy recipes given or garden solutions. At night, she would go to bed listening to country/western music, a talk show and read books. One of Nadine’s greatest pleasures was gardening. In late winter she ordered from the seed company catalogs and had Bob or Mike tilling the minute the ground had thawed. Anybody who helped her in the garden listened intently to her instructions on how the planting should be done and was good about reminding them again in the process. Her garden got increasingly larger each year. She had as many as 150 tomato plants one year because she was trying several different varieties and bought a few more to “finish out a row.” The spill overs were planted in a second garden by the house. Nadine gardened from early spring into the third frost of the fall to reap the last bit of produce from her garden. She canned for herself and her family and enjoyed experimenting each year many different foods. Nadine learned to can everything from carp, green tomatoes, to potatoes. She had a wide selection of canned tomatoes: vegetable soup, stewed tomatoes, juice, salsa, ketchup, and spaghetti sauce.
