Loretta Genevieve Mouser, daughter of the late Otto and Edna Coffee was born on December 13, 1930 in Essex and departed this life at her daughter’s home on July 2, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 85.

Mrs. Mouser attended Temple Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff.  She was an exceptional cook who especially enjoyed cooking for family gatherings.  She was an excellent seamstress who could and did sew anything.  She enjoyed gardening and canning and sharing the fruits of her labor with her family.  She was also an avid reader.

She was united in marriage to Robert G. Mouser on April 14, 1951 at Piggott, Arkansas and to this union four children were born.  

She is survived by one son, Bob and wife Kim of Harrison, Arkansas: by one daughter, Terra Mouser of St. Louis: by one son-in-law, Bruce Hackmann of Jefferson City: by four grandchildren, Lindsay Hackmann of Columbia, Meredith Hackmann and Rachel Mouser of Washington, DC, and ZacMouser of Harrison; by one brother Bud Coffey, of Dexter by four sisters, Audrey Pulling of Dexter, Martha Tucker of Grayridge, Opal Short of Neelyville and Jean Isbell of Dexter and by four sister in laws, June Coffey of Dexter, Joan Coffey of Dexter, Margie Hueckel of Essex, Pat Mouser of St. Louis and 3  brothers in laws, Ralph Mouser of Dexter, Bob Isbell of Dexter and Phillip Short of Neelyville.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, one daughter, Debra Mouser Hackmann and by one son, Michael Gale Mouser and by one brother, Curt Coffey.

Visitation will be at Temple Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff from 9:30 until 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. 

Funeral Services will follow at 10:30 A.M. with Rev. Steve Patterson officiating. 

Graveside service will be held at 2:00 P.M. in Dexter Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Temple Baptist Church, 1813 Barron Road, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 or to a Hospice Program of your choice.