Peggy June Koester

September 13, 1939 - July 5, 2013

Memorial service will be at the St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 1:00 PM with Rev. Ron Boelte and BJ Armstrong officiating. A Private Family Burial will be at another time under the direction of People’s Cooperative Funeral Home, Lone Wolf. Memorial contributions may be made to the Church, the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at 214 Evans Ave., Lone Wolf, OK 73655 or the American Diabetes Association, 7000 N Western Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73116. Please view and sign the online guestbook at peoplescooperativefuneralhome.com Peggy June Koester was born to Seburn and Edith (Medlock) Johns in the Sedan Community, south of Mountain View, Oklahoma on September 13, 1939 and departed this life in Oklahoma City on July 5, 2013 at the age of 73 years, 9 months and 22 days. She grew up in and attended Sedan School for 11 years before finishing at Lone Wolf High School in 1957. She married Elmer Koester in Lone Wolf, OK on August 3, 1956. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lone Wolf, where she was very active as a charter member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML), where she held many offices including President and as a Sunday School Teacher. She served on the Searchlight Board, Hobart. She worked for 3 yrs at the Lone Wolf School Cafeteria and 3 yrs at Paxton’s Fashion in Mangum, OK. She enjoyed cooking and serving Funeral dishes at the Church, sewing, arts and crafts reading and writing poetry. She was preceded in death by a son, Gerald Wayne Koester; 2 brothers, Van and Raymond Johns and a sister, Nellie. Survivors include her husband of the home; a daughter, Connie and husband Bill Allen, Tulsa; 2 grandsons, Andrew and Matthew Allen; a brother, James Johns of Tuttle, OK; a sister, Gloria Villarma of Del City, OK and many other relatives and friends.