Obituary of Mary Teresa Rose Koester

Mary Teresa Rose Koester passed away peacefully at home 2/21/22, a few short hours shy of her 82nd Birthday. Born to Henry and Rose Laxen in Winsted MN 2/22/1940. She grew up on the family farm and moved to Green Lake in 1964 where she enjoyed the next 57 years on the lake. Mary worked several years for Barton Sand and Gravel as a weighmaster and she retired from the Cambridge State Hospital in 1997 where she worked in Food Services. She and her partner Gene spent the next 20+ years wintering at their Englewood Florida home. Mary is survived by her son Kurt and grandchildren Jacob and Megan; and by brother Vincent (Cecile) Laxen, several nieces and nephews and many friends. She was preceded in death by her son Scott and by her parents, 4 brothers Raymond, Herman, Mickey, Tom and 1 sister Marcella Weibel.

Graveside Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, Winsted MN. TBD