Martha E. Koester

SWANVILLE — Martha E. Koester, 78-year-old resident of Swanville, Minn., passed away Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, from complications due to bypass surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at First Lutheran Church in Little Falls, Minn., with Rev. David Sperstad and Rev. Roland Jennings officiating. Burial will take place in St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery in Swanville, Minn. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls and from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday at First Lutheran Church. Funeral arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, Minn.