Vera Mae Moss

Vera Mae Moss, age 90, of Gering, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2026, at Heritage Estates in Gering. Her funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, November 16, 2026, at Anchor Baptist Church in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, with Pastor Don Brush officiating. A private family graveside will take place at High Butte Cemetery in McGrew, Nebraska. Memorials may be made in care of Anchor Baptist Church. The service will be livestreamed and recorded on Vera’s obituary page, viewable at www.reverencefuneralparlor.com.

Vera was born on January 22, 1936, in Chattooga County, Georgia, to James William and Edna Gertrude (Kirby) Bachelor. She was raised in Alabama on a small farm where her family picked cotton, raised pigs, and grew large gardens. Times were very hard for her family back then and Vera was one of 8 children. When her father passed when she was just 13 years old, Vera put her education to the side to join the workforce and support her family.

Vera married young and to that union she had two daughters. She moved to Nebraska in 1960 where she met and married Jim Moss. The couple welcomed 4 sons. They farmed in the Lisco and Broadwater area for many years. Vera and her 6 children moved to Bridgeport in 1971 where the kids attended school. She worked as a waitress at the Melody Inn restaurant and Husky Cafe. Vera eventually moved to Scottsbluff where she worked at Bailey's Town and Country Cafe. She loved her job and her customers.

Vera was a strong believer in working hard and trusted that God would help provide and meet her family's needs. No matter where she was, it was important to Vera to find a church to worship the Lord. She enjoyed sewing, painting, crocheting, word search puzzles, and taking care of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Vera was a natural caregiver that also took care of many elderly people. The Lord blessed her with a servant’s heart, and her greatest joy came from serving others.

Survivors include her children, Edna Clapp, Linda Roberts (Rick) Curtis, and Dan (Barbara), James (Shar), and Curtis (Penny) Moss; 18 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her siblings; son, Robert Eugene Moss; daughter-in-law, Wendy Moss; son-in-law, Ronald Clapp; and grandson, Sean Moss.