Christeson, Mary L. (1917-2008)

CHRISTESON, SCHILTZ, BUNKER, BUSCHER, STRUCHEN, GRANDGENETT

Posted By: Colleen J. Ossman (email)
Date: 11/29/2008 at 17:13:49

(Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, IA, 24 Nov 2008)

Mary L. Christeson, 91, of Webster City, died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 at Crestview Senior Living in Webster City. Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church with Rev. Scott Boone officiating. Burial will follow in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday evening at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church from 5-8 p.m., with recitation of the rosary to begin at 6:45 p.m. followed by a scripture service at 7 p.m. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center.

Mary Loretta Schiltz daughter of Peter and Cecelia Bunker Schiltz was born on Jan. 26, 1917 at Bancroft, Iowa. She received her education and graduated from Bancroft High School in 1935. Mary attended St. Joseph Nursing College in Mason City where she earned her A.A. degree in Nursing. On Oct. 1, 1941 she married Dean M. Christeson at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. The couple resided on their farm south of Webster City. Mr. Christeson died on May 29, 1977. Mary moved to Webster City in 1978. She had been residing at Crestview Senior Living since Jan. 26, 2003.

Mary is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Loretta (Chris) and Joe Buscher of Algona; Dorothy Christeson of Mankato, MN; Mary and Steve Struchen of Webster City; sons and daughters-in-law, David and Patty Christeson of Evansville, IN; Stephen and Terri Christeson of Boone; 12 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and sister, Dorothy Grandgenett of Bancroft. In addition to her husband Dean, she was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers, Reynold and Richard Schiltz.

Mary was a member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her memory to the American Arthritis Association