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Moser, John R., 1924-2015

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John R. Moser (1924-2015), a rural real estate appraiser and cattle rancher, was born on October 25, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1948 he married Marlis Haas, whom he had met in Germany during his service in the United States Army; they settled in Tuscon, Arizona after World War II where Moser attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in agricultural economics. In 1963 Moser and his family moved to Las Vegas where he became a rural real estate appraiser for the First National Bank of Nevada. Moser was a member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and served as Vice President of the Las Vegas Chapter of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers. From 1958 to 1963, Moser was a self-employed appraiser specializing in agricultural property. From 1963 to 1968 he was Senior Appraiser for the First National Bank of Nevada for whom he completed several thousand appraisals of rural, urban, residential, and commercial properties. Moser owned cattle ranches in southern Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada. When he retired from ranching, he opened Moser's Indian Art store in Las Vegas and developed expertise in Native American arts and crafts. Moser eventually moved to Sun City, Arizona in 1991 and began collecting and creating art. John Moser passed away on November 26, 2015 in Sun City.

Source:

Obituary of John Moser. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Accessed November 30, 2018. https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=john-moser&pid=176786631