Katherine Barnett Mester 1903-1995

MESTER, BARNETT, MALONEY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/2/2011 at 22:21:20

Katherine Mester
Estherville – Funeral services for Katherine Mester, 92, of Estherville will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Father Tom Nash officiating. Interment will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery in Estherville. She died on Saturday, November 18 at Rosewood Manor in Estherville.

Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. today, Monday, November 20 with the Legion of Mary Rosary at 4 p.m. and a Parish Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m. at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

She was born on November 15, 1903 in Ruthven, the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Maloney) Barnett. She received her education in the Ruthven schools. She married Carl Mester on July 14, 1931 in Ruthven. She grew up in Ruthven but has lived the last 65 years in Estherville. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Estherville.

She is survived by one son Richard Mester of Santa Barbara, Cal.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, two brothers and one sister. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 20, 1995)