Cora Marie KESNER

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• Obituary: 22 Mar 2009, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA; Sioux City Journal

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Obituary:
SIOUX CITY
Sister Cora Marie Kesner, O.S.B., 100, of Sioux City died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Holy Spirit Retirement Home.
Funeral Mass will be 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Spirit Retirement Chapel, with the Rev. Dennis W. Meinen, chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Tuesday at the Holy Spirit Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Larkin Chapel, Christy Smith Funeral Home.
Sister Cora was born on July 15, 1908, in Sloan, Iowa, to John H. and Clarisa Kesner. She was raised in the Siouxland area. She graduated from high school and then entered the Benedictine Convent on March 17, 1928. She took her consecrated vows on March 21, 1930, in Sioux City.
She served God in the St. Benedict Hospital in Sterling, Colo., St. Vincent Hospital and St. Monica's Home, both in Sioux City, and the St. Benedicts Ecumenical Center at the Mother House in Madison, Wis. She had lived in Sioux City for the last 30 years. Due to a loss of hearing, Sister Cora's duties in the religious life were mostly serving God in the kitchen and domestic work. She always served the elderly sisters with love and humor.
She celebrated her 80th year as a Benedictine Sister on March 17, 2008. She was a volunteer for many years at the Bargain Center. Sister Cora also enjoyed doing needlework.
She is survived by her loving community of sisters; many nieces and nephews and their families, especially Frances Quintard and her family of Sioux City.
She was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers; and four sisters.
Memorials may be directed to the Holy Wisdom Monastery in Madison, Wis.