Mary Florence Goeser, 79, of Munich, ND, reached the end of her wonderful life on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Heartland Care Center in Devils Lake, ND from many years of having Parkinson’s Disease.
Mass of Christian Burial for Mary will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Munich with Father Mathew Pamplaniyil celebrating the mass. The burial will be held in the spring at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery located in rural Calio, ND.
The visitation will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Friday, March 4, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a Rosary and Scripture Service at 7:00 p.m. There will be a visitation on Saturday one hour prior to the funeral mass. The Casket Bearers will be Mary’s grandsons: Mitch Murphy, Ty Murphy, Dylan Murphy, Jared Goeser, Christopher Goeser, and Tate Stephens. Music will be provided by Lori Beck and St. Mary’s Choir. The Readers will be Amanda Melby and Kristen Stephens.
Mary was born in Freeport, MN on May 13, 1942, daughter of Henry and Olivia (Pohlman) Koopmeiners. She was raised in Melrose, MN and went to Saint Boniface School. After only one year of high school, she helped her dad in cleaning St. Mary’s Church, was a nanny for a time and later worked at the dry cleaners.
Mary met her husband-to-be (Eugene) at her brother’s wedding to Eugene’s cousin. They were married Wednesday, September 28, 1960 at 9:30 a.m. in the morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose. They lived on a farm northeast of Calio and raised their four children. Mary learned how to drive a car, tractor, and helped with the farm chores. At harvest time, Mary was the grain hauler to town or home. After helping the kids with homework, Mary got her G.E.D. from Devils Lake Regional College on May 22, 1986, in about 3 months!
Mary taught herself how to play piano and organ and was an organist at both St. Boniface Catholic Church in Calio and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Munich. She taught CCD for 12 years. She worked at Munich Café, Helen’s Bar in Clyde, and managed the Munich Bar for a couple of months. She did the rural mail route for 3 years, helped clean the Munich Public School for 1 season, and took up the 1990 census in our area. She was the township assessor and for 5 years had 4 townships to assess. Mary was an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, a member of St. Mary’s Alter Society and Clyde Homemakers.
Mary started making cakes for the kid’s birthdays, which led to a business of baking and decorating many cakes for weddings, anniversaries, and birthdays! Her cakes were a work of love and were always the moistest cakes! She crocheted and knitted and made some amazing Afghans and sweaters! She also cross-stitched, embroidered, made lots of things with plastic canvas, and did Artex painting! She enjoyed bowling, dancing, and card games as well. Mary was an awesome cook and bread baker, making the best homemade pizza and raspberry malts around!
Mary is survived by her husband of 61 years, Eugene. Her oldest son, Tim (Munich, ND) and his son Jared, oldest daughter, Judy Melby (Fargo, ND) and her kids, Amanda (Josh Maxey), Josh, Kristen (Tate Stephens) and Matthew (Shantell), her son Terry (Kimberly Pemberthy) (Casselton, ND) and his kids, Megan and Christopher and her baby, Kim Murphy (Bill) (Oakes, ND) and their kids, Mitch (Chelsey), Ty (Bobbie) Dylan (Jessica) Hope (Daniel Kenney) Fallon, Faith, Eliana, Autumn, Myles, and Skye. Also, 12 great-grandchildren! Her brothers, Gilbert (Sally) Koopmeiners (St. Augusta, MN), Arthur (Lucy) Koopmeiners (St. Cloud, MN), Clarence (St. Augusta, MN), and Jerome (Wilmar, MN), and a sister-in-law, Joan Koopmeiners (Albany, MN). She also had many nieces and nephews!
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Agnes (Joe) Steinemann and Annella (Larry) Hollermann; and brothers, Urban and Eugene Koopmeiners.
Mass of Christian Burial for Mary will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Munich with Father Mathew Pamplaniyil celebrating the mass. The burial will be held in the spring at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery located in rural Calio, ND.
The visitation will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Friday, March 4, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with a Rosary and Scripture Service at 7:00 p.m. There will be a visitation on Saturday one hour prior to the funeral mass. The Casket Bearers will be Mary’s grandsons: Mitch Murphy, Ty Murphy, Dylan Murphy, Jared Goeser, Christopher Goeser, and Tate Stephens. Music will be provided by Lori Beck and St. Mary’s Choir. The Readers will be Amanda Melby and Kristen Stephens.
Mary was born in Freeport, MN on May 13, 1942, daughter of Henry and Olivia (Pohlman) Koopmeiners. She was raised in Melrose, MN and went to Saint Boniface School. After only one year of high school, she helped her dad in cleaning St. Mary’s Church, was a nanny for a time and later worked at the dry cleaners.
Mary met her husband-to-be (Eugene) at her brother’s wedding to Eugene’s cousin. They were married Wednesday, September 28, 1960 at 9:30 a.m. in the morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose. They lived on a farm northeast of Calio and raised their four children. Mary learned how to drive a car, tractor, and helped with the farm chores. At harvest time, Mary was the grain hauler to town or home. After helping the kids with homework, Mary got her G.E.D. from Devils Lake Regional College on May 22, 1986, in about 3 months!
Mary taught herself how to play piano and organ and was an organist at both St. Boniface Catholic Church in Calio and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Munich. She taught CCD for 12 years. She worked at Munich Café, Helen’s Bar in Clyde, and managed the Munich Bar for a couple of months. She did the rural mail route for 3 years, helped clean the Munich Public School for 1 season, and took up the 1990 census in our area. She was the township assessor and for 5 years had 4 townships to assess. Mary was an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, a member of St. Mary’s Alter Society and Clyde Homemakers.
Mary started making cakes for the kid’s birthdays, which led to a business of baking and decorating many cakes for weddings, anniversaries, and birthdays! Her cakes were a work of love and were always the moistest cakes! She crocheted and knitted and made some amazing Afghans and sweaters! She also cross-stitched, embroidered, made lots of things with plastic canvas, and did Artex painting! She enjoyed bowling, dancing, and card games as well. Mary was an awesome cook and bread baker, making the best homemade pizza and raspberry malts around!
Mary is survived by her husband of 61 years, Eugene. Her oldest son, Tim (Munich, ND) and his son Jared, oldest daughter, Judy Melby (Fargo, ND) and her kids, Amanda (Josh Maxey), Josh, Kristen (Tate Stephens) and Matthew (Shantell), her son Terry (Kimberly Pemberthy) (Casselton, ND) and his kids, Megan and Christopher and her baby, Kim Murphy (Bill) (Oakes, ND) and their kids, Mitch (Chelsey), Ty (Bobbie) Dylan (Jessica) Hope (Daniel Kenney) Fallon, Faith, Eliana, Autumn, Myles, and Skye. Also, 12 great-grandchildren! Her brothers, Gilbert (Sally) Koopmeiners (St. Augusta, MN), Arthur (Lucy) Koopmeiners (St. Cloud, MN), Clarence (St. Augusta, MN), and Jerome (Wilmar, MN), and a sister-in-law, Joan Koopmeiners (Albany, MN). She also had many nieces and nephews!
Mary was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Agnes (Joe) Steinemann and Annella (Larry) Hollermann; and brothers, Urban and Eugene Koopmeiners.