Gladys DeCoster, 102, Green Bay, mother of a Stevens Point woman, died Sunday, April 15, 2012.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church in Green Bay, with the Rev. John H. Harper officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park in Green Bay.
Visitation will be at the church from 9 a.m. Wednesday until the Mass.
A memorial fund has been established in her name.
Blaney Funeral Home of Green Bay assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.BlaneyFuneralHome.com.
Mrs. DeCoster was born April 28, 1909, in Green Bay, a daughter of the late Elizabeth (Wouters) and Louis Willems. She attended St. Willebrord Catholic Grade School and was valedictorian of the 1926 class at West High School.
She was married to Lawrence DeCoster on Jan. 25, 1934, at St. Willebrord Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Ann (Stanley) Carlson, Stevens Point, and Mary (Dennis) Krysiak, Green Bay; one son, James (Helen) DeCoster, Green Bay; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one sister, Margaret (Mrs. Gordon) Johnson; and two brothers, Albert “Bud” Willems and Louis Willems.
