Obit for KOSTER, Mary (b.1938 d.2005), Murray Co., MN
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Mary Koster was born on February 27, 1938, at Moorehead, Iowa to Oraland 
Mabel Misfeld Blackman. She grew up on farms near Moorehead and Castana, 
Iowa. Mary graduated from Castana High School in 1956. On September 29, 
1956, she and Dwight Koster were married at Onawa, Iowa. Following their 
marriage they lived in Sioux City for a short time. They later moved to 
Salix for eight years and then to Sergeant Bluffs for four years. In 
1975, they moved to Currie where she and Dwight ran the Grocery Store 
until 1978. Mary passed away on April 20, 2005, at Sioux Valley Hospital 
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 67. Mary was a member of the 
American Legion Auxiliary and previously a member of the Town and Country 
Club of Currie. Some of Mary's favorite pastimes were fishing, gardening, 
plants and flowers especially violets, doing crafts and collecting cookie 
jars. 

Survivors include her husband Dwight Koster, Currie, MN; three sons and 
their wives: Rick and Sioux Koster, McKinney, TX; Kevin and Connie 
Koster, Mesquite, TX; and Bruce and Jan Koster, Windom, MN; five 
grandchildren; Carmen Koster, Chasity Koster, Cory Koster, Chase Koster, 
and Alyssa Koster. She was preceded in death by parents, one grandson, 
B.J. Koster, two brothers, and Jim and Bob Blackman. 

Funeral services were held at First Presbyterian Church in Currie, MN on 
Monday, April 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. with David Erickson officiating. The 
organist was Wendy Steffen. The pallbearers were Paul Schmidt, Ken 
Bassett, Cory Koster, Chase Koster, Alyssa Koster, and Dave Bassett. The 
honorary pallbearers were all her grandchildren.