Our mom, Jane Moser Drum, was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1945, to her parents, Charles Hinton and Doris Woodley Moser.
She grew up in McAllen and Abilene and graduated from Cooper High School.
Her sister and "bestie," Glenn Mangum Rogers, remembers their summers and Christmas visits with Aunt Betty Woodley Knight and sister-cousins, Elizabeth Woodley and Rebecca Mangum; life revolving around football games; and Janie's active participation in school and clubs.
She attended Texas Tech University. The year before she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education, she met Richard Drum. Their very first adventure together was spending a year in Honduras, Central America. She taught second grade at the American School in Tegucigalpa while he was a Peace Corp Volunteer in La Ceiba. Our dad remembers monthly weekend visits, fun parties with friends, exploring Mayan ruins, standing on the edge of the rim of a volcano in Costa Rica, seeing the Panama Canal, and the beginning of the red carnations at Christmas tradition. They married on July 27, 1968, in Abilene and moved to Austin where their first daughter, Allison Woodley, was born. They moved to El Paso a few years later and welcomed their second daughter, Megan Moser. Our mom accomplished a wonderful balancing act of mothering us while teaching elementary school. Our young childhood is full of happy memories including backyard playtime, swimming until our hair turned green, "spend-the-night-company," and lots of hours spent with church friends and neighbors.
In 1985, our dad's job took us to Waco, Texas. Janie (as we called her then) continued teaching and mothering. She watched almost every one of our dance performances, half-time shows, debate tournaments, and basketball games. She was great hostess to all our friends. In 1992, she began working on her certification in Library Science and Information Services. She drove to Austin one night a week for class. She even spent one summer in the dorm. very near to Megan who was also attending UT! Being an elementary school librarian fit her gifts and talents perfectly - combining a love of books, teaching and children. She adored the students she helped at her three libraries in Midway, Dodge City and Boerne. When our parents moved to Yuma, Arizona in 2001, she retired. Janie went to southern California to learn the art of interior redesign. She operated JMD Redesign for five years. In 2006, our dad joined her in retirement, and they settled in Boerne.
Janie always said we blessed her with wonderful sons-in-law whom she loved like sons, Jay Angell and Randy Cooley. From 1999 to 2012, our parents (now GG and GDaddy) attended the arrival of all six of their grandchildren - Caroline Woodley Angell, Catherine Bennett Angell, Noah Alan Cooley, Henry (Hank) Gary Cooley, Jayne Moser Angell and Emma-Elisabeth Tate Angell. During the summer each grandchild would receive his or her own Boerne visit. It is a toss-up as to who enjoyed the time more! We called GG (a lot) to tell her about her grandchildren. She would usually end every conversation with, "tell them their GG loves them."
GG didn't just show love and support to us throughout the years, but to all our many family members and her friends as well. These relationships made her life rich in meaning and purpose. Although we felt like orphans during their long absences, we admired our parents' wanderlust. They traveled the world together seeing 80 countries in the last 11 years. She carefully documented each trip with factual details and delightful anecdotes. She gave her time and heart to the Methodist Church and its Stephen Ministry; to gardening and her personal Flower Ministry; the Boerne ISD mentoring program; and sponsoring six children in Uganda. Our mom's influence is most evident in the way we approach motherhood (always seeking to be present in our children's lives). She gave us a foundation of faith, an appreciation for art (especially French Impressionists), a desire to make life festive, and a legacy of creating and remembering traditions.
She grew up in McAllen and Abilene and graduated from Cooper High School.
Her sister and "bestie," Glenn Mangum Rogers, remembers their summers and Christmas visits with Aunt Betty Woodley Knight and sister-cousins, Elizabeth Woodley and Rebecca Mangum; life revolving around football games; and Janie's active participation in school and clubs.
She attended Texas Tech University. The year before she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education, she met Richard Drum. Their very first adventure together was spending a year in Honduras, Central America. She taught second grade at the American School in Tegucigalpa while he was a Peace Corp Volunteer in La Ceiba. Our dad remembers monthly weekend visits, fun parties with friends, exploring Mayan ruins, standing on the edge of the rim of a volcano in Costa Rica, seeing the Panama Canal, and the beginning of the red carnations at Christmas tradition. They married on July 27, 1968, in Abilene and moved to Austin where their first daughter, Allison Woodley, was born. They moved to El Paso a few years later and welcomed their second daughter, Megan Moser. Our mom accomplished a wonderful balancing act of mothering us while teaching elementary school. Our young childhood is full of happy memories including backyard playtime, swimming until our hair turned green, "spend-the-night-company," and lots of hours spent with church friends and neighbors.
In 1985, our dad's job took us to Waco, Texas. Janie (as we called her then) continued teaching and mothering. She watched almost every one of our dance performances, half-time shows, debate tournaments, and basketball games. She was great hostess to all our friends. In 1992, she began working on her certification in Library Science and Information Services. She drove to Austin one night a week for class. She even spent one summer in the dorm. very near to Megan who was also attending UT! Being an elementary school librarian fit her gifts and talents perfectly - combining a love of books, teaching and children. She adored the students she helped at her three libraries in Midway, Dodge City and Boerne. When our parents moved to Yuma, Arizona in 2001, she retired. Janie went to southern California to learn the art of interior redesign. She operated JMD Redesign for five years. In 2006, our dad joined her in retirement, and they settled in Boerne.
Janie always said we blessed her with wonderful sons-in-law whom she loved like sons, Jay Angell and Randy Cooley. From 1999 to 2012, our parents (now GG and GDaddy) attended the arrival of all six of their grandchildren - Caroline Woodley Angell, Catherine Bennett Angell, Noah Alan Cooley, Henry (Hank) Gary Cooley, Jayne Moser Angell and Emma-Elisabeth Tate Angell. During the summer each grandchild would receive his or her own Boerne visit. It is a toss-up as to who enjoyed the time more! We called GG (a lot) to tell her about her grandchildren. She would usually end every conversation with, "tell them their GG loves them."
GG didn't just show love and support to us throughout the years, but to all our many family members and her friends as well. These relationships made her life rich in meaning and purpose. Although we felt like orphans during their long absences, we admired our parents' wanderlust. They traveled the world together seeing 80 countries in the last 11 years. She carefully documented each trip with factual details and delightful anecdotes. She gave her time and heart to the Methodist Church and its Stephen Ministry; to gardening and her personal Flower Ministry; the Boerne ISD mentoring program; and sponsoring six children in Uganda. Our mom's influence is most evident in the way we approach motherhood (always seeking to be present in our children's lives). She gave us a foundation of faith, an appreciation for art (especially French Impressionists), a desire to make life festive, and a legacy of creating and remembering traditions.
Our mom, Jane Moser Drum, was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1945, to her parents, Charles Hinton and Doris Woodley Moser.
She grew up in McAllen and Abilene and graduated from Cooper High School.
Her sister and "bestie," Glenn Mangum Rogers, remembers their summers and Christmas visits with Aunt Betty Woodley Knight and sister-cousins, Elizabeth Woodley and Rebecca Mangum; life revolving around football games; and Janie's active participation in school and clubs.
She attended Texas Tech University. The year before she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education, she met Richard Drum. Their very first adventure together was spending a year in Honduras, Central America. She taught second grade at the American School in Tegucigalpa while he was a Peace Corp Volunteer in La Ceiba. Our dad remembers monthly weekend visits, fun parties with friends, exploring Mayan ruins, standing on the edge of the rim of a volcano in Costa Rica, seeing the Panama Canal, and the beginning of the red carnations at Christmas tradition. They married on July 27, 1968, in Abilene and moved to Austin where their first daughter, Allison Woodley, was born. They moved to El Paso a few years later and welcomed their second daughter, Megan Moser. Our mom accomplished a wonderful balancing act of mothering us while teaching elementary school. Our young childhood is full of happy memories including backyard playtime, swimming until our hair turned green, "spend-the-night-company," and lots of hours spent with church friends and neighbors.
In 1985, our dad's job took us to Waco, Texas. Janie (as we called her then) continued teaching and mothering. She watched almost every one of our dance performances, half-time shows, debate tournaments, and basketball games. She was great hostess to all our friends. In 1992, she began working on her certification in Library Science and Information Services. She drove to Austin one night a week for class. She even spent one summer in the dorm. very near to Megan who was also attending UT! Being an elementary school librarian fit her gifts and talents perfectly - combining a love of books, teaching and children. She adored the students she helped at her three libraries in Midway, Dodge City and Boerne. When our parents moved to Yuma, Arizona in 2001, she retired. Janie went to southern California to learn the art of interior redesign. She operated JMD Redesign for five years. In 2006, our dad joined her in retirement, and they settled in Boerne.
Janie always said we blessed her with wonderful sons-in-law whom she loved like sons, Jay Angell and Randy Cooley. From 1999 to 2012, our parents (now GG and GDaddy) attended the arrival of all six of their grandchildren - Caroline Woodley Angell, Catherine Bennett Angell, Noah Alan Cooley, Henry (Hank) Gary Cooley, Jayne Moser Angell and Emma-Elisabeth Tate Angell. During the summer each grandchild would receive his or her own Boerne visit. It is a toss-up as to who enjoyed the time more! We called GG (a lot) to tell her about her grandchildren. She would usually end every conversation with, "tell them their GG loves them."
GG didn't just show love and support to us throughout the years, but to all our many family members and her friends as well. These relationships made her life rich in meaning and purpose. Although we felt like orphans during their long absences, we admired our parents' wanderlust. They traveled the world together seeing 80 countries in the last 11 years. She carefully documented each trip with factual details and delightful anecdotes. She gave her time and heart to the Methodist Church and its Stephen Ministry; to gardening and her personal Flower Ministry; the Boerne ISD mentoring program; and sponsoring six children in Uganda. Our mom's influence is most evident in the way we approach motherhood (always seeking to be present in our children's lives). She gave us a foundation of faith, an appreciation for art (especially French Impressionists), a desire to make life festive, and a legacy of creating and remembering traditions.
She grew up in McAllen and Abilene and graduated from Cooper High School.
Her sister and "bestie," Glenn Mangum Rogers, remembers their summers and Christmas visits with Aunt Betty Woodley Knight and sister-cousins, Elizabeth Woodley and Rebecca Mangum; life revolving around football games; and Janie's active participation in school and clubs.
She attended Texas Tech University. The year before she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education, she met Richard Drum. Their very first adventure together was spending a year in Honduras, Central America. She taught second grade at the American School in Tegucigalpa while he was a Peace Corp Volunteer in La Ceiba. Our dad remembers monthly weekend visits, fun parties with friends, exploring Mayan ruins, standing on the edge of the rim of a volcano in Costa Rica, seeing the Panama Canal, and the beginning of the red carnations at Christmas tradition. They married on July 27, 1968, in Abilene and moved to Austin where their first daughter, Allison Woodley, was born. They moved to El Paso a few years later and welcomed their second daughter, Megan Moser. Our mom accomplished a wonderful balancing act of mothering us while teaching elementary school. Our young childhood is full of happy memories including backyard playtime, swimming until our hair turned green, "spend-the-night-company," and lots of hours spent with church friends and neighbors.
In 1985, our dad's job took us to Waco, Texas. Janie (as we called her then) continued teaching and mothering. She watched almost every one of our dance performances, half-time shows, debate tournaments, and basketball games. She was great hostess to all our friends. In 1992, she began working on her certification in Library Science and Information Services. She drove to Austin one night a week for class. She even spent one summer in the dorm. very near to Megan who was also attending UT! Being an elementary school librarian fit her gifts and talents perfectly - combining a love of books, teaching and children. She adored the students she helped at her three libraries in Midway, Dodge City and Boerne. When our parents moved to Yuma, Arizona in 2001, she retired. Janie went to southern California to learn the art of interior redesign. She operated JMD Redesign for five years. In 2006, our dad joined her in retirement, and they settled in Boerne.
Janie always said we blessed her with wonderful sons-in-law whom she loved like sons, Jay Angell and Randy Cooley. From 1999 to 2012, our parents (now GG and GDaddy) attended the arrival of all six of their grandchildren - Caroline Woodley Angell, Catherine Bennett Angell, Noah Alan Cooley, Henry (Hank) Gary Cooley, Jayne Moser Angell and Emma-Elisabeth Tate Angell. During the summer each grandchild would receive his or her own Boerne visit. It is a toss-up as to who enjoyed the time more! We called GG (a lot) to tell her about her grandchildren. She would usually end every conversation with, "tell them their GG loves them."
GG didn't just show love and support to us throughout the years, but to all our many family members and her friends as well. These relationships made her life rich in meaning and purpose. Although we felt like orphans during their long absences, we admired our parents' wanderlust. They traveled the world together seeing 80 countries in the last 11 years. She carefully documented each trip with factual details and delightful anecdotes. She gave her time and heart to the Methodist Church and its Stephen Ministry; to gardening and her personal Flower Ministry; the Boerne ISD mentoring program; and sponsoring six children in Uganda. Our mom's influence is most evident in the way we approach motherhood (always seeking to be present in our children's lives). She gave us a foundation of faith, an appreciation for art (especially French Impressionists), a desire to make life festive, and a legacy of creating and remembering traditions.
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