Neva Hafer

Neva May Hafer, daughter of William and Sophia (Pullman) Moseley was born on the family farm near Silver City, Iowa on July 27, 1898. She attended country school near her home and later the Silver City High School. Neva was member of the Silver City Baptist Church where she was baptized and confirmed. She later became a member of the Baptist Kensington.
Neva and William Arthur "Art" Hafer were married on November 30, 1916 at the Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They established their first home in Council Bluffs where Art was a cabinet maker. In 1928, they moved to Silver City where Art established Hafer Woodworking Shop. Their marriage was blessed with four children Marie, James, Grace, and Florence. Neva enjoyed being a homemaker with special interests in reading, crocheting, and sewing of all types. She was a good cook and enjoyed the activities of her family. In 1959, Neva became a child development worker at the Glenwood State Hospital School in Glenwood, Iowa. She was a 50 year member of the Order of Eastern Star and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Neva and Art had been married for 54 years at the time of Art's death on July 30, 1971. Neva retired on April 15, 1972, and continued to live in her Silver City home until the time of her death.
Neva died at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs on Tuesday, March 4, 2003. She had attained the age of 104 years, 7 months, and 12 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Art, brothers Jim Moseley and George Moseley, and son-in-law Winn Phillips.
Neva is survived by her children Marie Schoening and her husband Byron of Silver City, James Hafer of Silver City; Grace Feyerabend and her husband William of Ames, IA, and Florence Houser and her husband Donald of Glenwood, IA; a nephew Donald Moseley and his wife Joyce of Sidney, Iowa; nine grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.