Helen M. Koester, 90, died February 8, 2009 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington, Kansas. She was born December 11, 1918 at Olmitz, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph T. and Mary (Rabenseifner) Langer. She married William F. Koester April 22, 1941 at Ness City, Kansas. He died September 6, 1993. A lifetime resident of Hoisington, Mrs. Koester was a homemaker. Mrs. Koester was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Altar Society, Hoisington. Survivors include her children: Norman Koester and wife, Ellen, Topeka, Kansas; Duane Koester and wife, Janet, Hoisington, Kansas; Kenneth Koester and wife, Barbara, Great Bend, Kansas; Karen Schraeder and husband, Richard, Great Bend, Kansas; Ronald Koester and wife, Betty, Manhattan, Kansas; Richard Koester and wife, Pamela, Hoisington, Kansas; one brother, Edwin Langer, Ness City, Kansas; sixteen grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Mrs. Koester was preceded in death by one grandson, Rodger Koester; three brothers, Adolph Langer, Leonard Langer, and Alvin Langer; and three sisters, Marie McDonald, Ann Weilert, and Evelyn Schlegel. Vigil service with Altar Society Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 12, 2009 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Father Dwight Birket will be celebrant. Burial will be in St. John Cemetery, Hoisington. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 11, 2009 and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Heartland Cancer Center, or the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7428, Hoisington, all in care of the funeral home.