Annamarie Koestner, 82, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at Lancashire Hall.

Born in Osterhofen, Ndb., Germany, she was the daughter of the late Rudolph and Centa Sidle Erdl. She was the wife of the late George E. Koestner who died in 2005.

Annamarie was a food service worker for Macke Food Services for 15 years. She was a member of Universal Friends and was a Boy Scout Den Mother for St. Anne's Church where she was a member and greeter.

Surviving are her children: Loretta Zarroli of Lancaster, and George, married to Pat Koestner of Elizabethtown; two grandchildren, Trevr Koestner and Adam Zarroli, and her sisters, Emmy, married to Adolf Reim of Munich, Germany and Ursula Wickelmaier of Cham, Germany.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Anne Catholic Church, 929 N. Duke St., Lancaster, on Friday, December 29, 2006 at 11AM. Interment in St. Joseph New Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster. Friends may be received at the church from 10AM until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to St. Anne's Catholic Church.