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Mary Koester 1906-1984 LaCrosse, Wisconsin, December 1984
Mass of the Christian Burial was celebrated at 9 a.m., at Mary of the Angels Chapel in St. Rose Convent. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery in LaCrosse. Sister Fidelma is survived by two brothers, George Koester and William Koester, Carroll; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers: John, George and Theodore and five sisters: Clara, Josephine, Margaret, Anna, Rose, the latter Sister Silvana. Sister Fidelma was born July 14, 1906, at Willey, a daughter of William and Christina Wibben Koester. She attended St. Mary School in Willey and entered St. Rose Convent in 1929. She served as a homemaker in various convents in Wisconsin and Iowa, including Carroll. She retired to Villa St. Joseph in 1976.
Sister Mary Koester Sister Mary Koester, 78, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, died Monday, Nov. 26, 1984, in Villa St. Joseph. She was born on July 14, 1906 in Willey, Iowa, to William and Christina (Hibben) Koester. She entered the Franciscan community on June 28, 1927, and had been a homemaker for 46 years in convents located in Iowa and Wisconsin, including Auburndale, Blenker, Eau Galle and St. Joseph Home and St. Rose Convent, both in La Crosse. The Eucharistic Liturgy of Resurrection will be Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Mary of the Angels Chapel at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse. The Rev. William Mayer will officiate. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call at the convent today from 7 to 9 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:14 p.m.
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