Mary Teresa Rose Koester passed away peacefully at home February 21, 2022, a few short hours shy of her eighty-second birthday.
Born to Henry and Rose Laxen in Winsted, MN on February 22, 1940. She grew up on the family farm and moved to Green Lake, MN in 1964, where she enjoyed the next 57 years on the lake.
Mary worked several years for Barton Sand and Gravel as a Weigh-Master and she ultimately retired from the Cambridge State Hospital in 1997 where she worked in food services.
She and her partner, Gene, spent more than twenty years wintering at their Englewood, FL home.
Mary is survived by her son: Kurt and grandchildren: Jacob and Megan; brother: Vincent (Cecile) Laxen; several nieces, nephews and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her son: Scott; parents; four brothers: Raymond, Herman, Mickey, Tom; and one sister: Marcella Weibel
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Mary Koester, 81
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