Carol Moeckly
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Britton, SD: Carol Moeckly passed away on Mother's Day, May 8, 2022, at her home in Britton, SD, surrounded by her family.
Carol Joanne Wickander was born December 22, 1947, and grew up on a farm near Rosholt, SD, where she attended school and graduated from Rosholt High School in 1966.
She married the love of her life, Kirk Moeckly from Britton, SD, at Bethania Lutheran Church in Rosholt on August 5, 1967. God blessed this union with four precious children: Christine, Barbara, Ryan and Steven; who in turn blessed them with five precious grandchildren: Oliver, Ruth, Luzetta, Blake and Jack.
Carol was blessed to be able to stay home and raise her family until her youngest was in Jr. High. She then started working at Britton Elementary School library, which she loved along with teaching Sunday School and being a Sunday School superintendent at Britton United Methodist Church, being a girl and boy scout leader, and helping her kids with 4-H projects.
In 2001, God blessed her with the gift of being able to go into the SEED nursing program at Presentation College and earn a Registered Nursing degree. After graduating in 2003, Carol began working at Marshall County Healthcare Center, a job and health care team she dearly loved. She loved taking care of her patients in their time of need. She retired in February 2019. She returned to nursing at MCHC from April to December 2020 to help out during the beginning of the covid pandemic, at the age of 72.
Most importantly, she loved Jesus, her husband, her children and their spouses, her grandchildren, all her family and friends dearly with all her heart.
Carol is preceded in death by her infant daughter, Christine; her parents, Edgar and Inez Wickander and stepfather, William Moore; her parents-in-law, Welby and Luzetta Moeckly; her sister, Janet Cory and sisters-in-law, Llea Moeckly and Kay Wiggins; and her paternal and maternal grandparents.
Carol is survived by her husband, Kirk Moeckly; her children: Barbara (Chris) Roehrich, Ryan (Amy Dolan) Moeckly; Steven (Jessica Top) Moeckly; sisters, Lois (Rod) Westby and Donna (Randy) Holman; sister-and-brothers-in-law, Randall Moeckly, Jay Cory and Joy (Robert) Kloster; grandchildren, Oliver, Ruth, Luzetta, Blake and Jack; 20 nieces and nephews and numerous grand nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, May 16 at the Britton United Methodist Church. There will be a visitation from 4-6 PM on Sunday, May 15 at Price Funeral Chapel in Britton.
Condolences can be sent to Kirk Moeckly, P.O. Box 196, Britton, SD 57430.
Memorial gifts can be made to the Alpha Center, Pregnancy Resource Center in Sioux Falls, SD, www.alphacenter.org.
An online guestbook and obituary are available at www.pricefuneralchapel.net.