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Veronica Mary Moczygemba, our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed on to be united with her loved ones, on Saturday, February 2, 2013. Momma enjoyed 88 very full years of life. Veronica was born on October 5, 1924, in Kosciusko, Texas on the family farm. She was the youngest of eight children born to Nick and Mary Laskowski. She spoke often of her younger life and the hardships they all endured during the Depression and World War II. During the war, she and her sister came to San Antonio and worked at various jobs, sending money home for the family. After the war, Veronica met a very handsome young man, Louis Moczygemba, and they were married in February 1949. She and Louis moved to San Antonio permanently in 1950, made their home on the South Side and raised their children. Louis died in an accident in 1966 and Veronica continued with her Polish Catholic ways, raising her children in Catholic schools. She supplemented her income with an in-home business of child day-care until her retirement in 1981. She loved dancing and would spend many nights listening to country music at the Farmer's Daughter. Dancing, bingo and scratching lottery tickets were her joy and happiness. After she started her residence at Heartland Care Center, she wasn't able to dance anymore, but she would still play bingo, sing with the entertainers, and always, always scratch those tickets. Veronica is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Louis Moczygemba; son, Louis James; daughter, Bernice; brothers, John, Edward, Alex and Steve, and her sisters, Florence Pollok and Genevieve Lyssy; and her long-time friend and companion, Kenneth K.C. Mayo. She is survived by her daughters, Carol Hardy and husband Jack, and Joan Lewis; her grandchildren, Tracee Mike Neal, Allison Hardy, Jennifer Jeff Powell, Jessie Jessica Hardy, Robert Darlene Lewis, and Ladonna Lewis; great-grandchildren, Ashleigh, Haleigh, Skyler, Zachary, Jeremiah, Colbin, Jerimaine Deuce, Kyleigh, Emaleigh, Nicholas, Kane, Gracelyn, Jefferson J.D. and Charlee. She is also survived by her sister, Euphemia Wiatrek, brother-in-law, Emil Moczygemba, and sister-in-law, Mary Moczygemba, and many, many nieces and nephews. We would like to say a special Thank-you to momma's nurses and care-givers at Heartland Care Center, with special love to Diane Altman who was always there for momma. Visitation at Mission Park South Funeral Chapels, Tuesday, February 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. with Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Father John Flanagan will celebrate the funeral mass, Wednesday, February 13th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Jerome's Catholic Church, 7955 Real Road, San Antonio, Texas, with burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made for masses, to St. Jerome's Building Fund or the charity of your choice.

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Veronica Mary Moczygemba

October 5, 1924 - February 2, 2013