BRUNSWICK — Mildred Woods Moseley, the daughter of E. Leslie Woods and Lena Nolet Woods, passed away November 26, 2011. She lived for 98 years and touched people with her warmth, sincerity and determination.

Mildred was born in Hoosick Falls, New York and grew up in Winsted, Connecticut. She graduated from high school in Winsted, before attending Bay Path Institute in Springfield, Massachusetts for one year. She then transferred to Larson School in Hamden, Connecticut, now Quinnipiac College. She graduated from Larson with honors in 1934 and acquired a teaching certificate from the Gregg Publishing Company of New York City. Working in Hamden, Mildred was a secretary to the Principal of Hamden High School for several years. Shortly after her marriage to Arthur Easton Moseley in 1940, she returned to New York State and lived in Buskirk for 47 years. She and Arthur then moved to Chester, Connecticut and lived next door to their daughter and son-in-law for ten years. They then moved and spent the remainder of their lives in Brunswick, Maine where their daughter and son-in-law also lived. She and Arthur enjoyed spending the winter season in Brooksville, Florida for 20 years. In Florida they fostered several long-lasting friendships at Cloverleaf. They celebrated their 64th anniversary just 2 days before his death in 2004.

Mildred had one brother, Frank L. Woods and a sisterin law, Dorothy Fleeger Woods. She also had a second sister-in-law, Janette Moseley, the wife of Arthur’s brother, Paul Moseley. She commented many times how fortunate she felt to have two wonderful sisters-in-law. She leaves her son, Wayne Woods Moseley and his wife, Deborah, living in Mississippi, and a daughter, Carol Moseley Davis and her husband, Bob Davis in Harpswell, Maine. She has 5 grandchildren and 3 stepgrandchildren as well as 6 great grandchildren and 6 step-great grandchildren. She has nieces and nephews from both sides of the family living in Seattle, Washington and West Hoosick, New York.

If a donation in honor of Mildred is desired, her soft spot was The Tedford Shelter at 49 Cumberland Street, Brunswick, Maine 04011. A memorial service will be held at the West Hoosick Baptist Church in West Hoosick, New York in warmer weather when family can reunite. A celebration of her life will be scheduled in Maine at an appropriate date after the New Year.