Sister Coletta Masterson, 90, died Monday, November 29, 2010, in the Dominican Sisters' convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas. Born September 19, 1920, in Clonmel, Kansas, as Magdalen Ellen Masterson, Sister Coletta was the daughter of the late Frank and Theresa Marx Masterson. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community August 31, 1935, and pronounced her first vows August 17, 1938. She celebrated seventy years of religious profession in 2008. Sister Coletta began her ministerial life as a teacher of elementary students in parochial schools of Kansas. After completing studies in medical technology, she served in that capacity from 1947 to 1981. Following certification in CPE in 1987 she began her work in pastoral ministry where she served in Kansas City, Great Bend, and Garden City. She took up residence at the motherhouse in 1994. Sister Coletta is survived by her Dominican Sisters of Peace religious community, and two sisters: Eileen Quaney and Maxine Boyle, both of Colorado Springs Colorado. Sister Colettas body will be brought to the hospitality area of the Dominican Chapel of the Plains, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, on Tuesday, November 30, at 4:00 p.m., where it will lie in state until the Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 2, with the Reverend Louis Hoang presiding. A wake service will be held Wednesday, December 1, at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Sisters' Resurrection Cemetery. Both the wake and the funeral will be held at the convent. Memorials in honor of Sister Coletta may be sent to: Dominican Sisters of Peace, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, KS 67530-3692 or 2320 Airport Dr, Columbus OH 43219-2098. Friends may call at the convent from 9:00 a.m. to the time of the Wake service, Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.