Charlotte M. Koterba

Sister Charlotte Marie Koterba, 95, of the Bernardine Sisters Third Order of St Francis, died of natural causes on Wednesday evening, December 20, 2023, at St. Joseph Villa, Reading, PA, where she had resided since 2015.

Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Katherine (Wielpiszewski) Koterba.

Sister Charlotte Marie entered the Bernardine Sisters on August 11, 1951, and was in her 73rd year of religious life. Sister earned a BS degree in Education from College Misericordia and an MA in Administration from Eastern Michigan University. She served her ministry in California, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas as an Elementary teacher, principal, driver and superior.

Sister is survived by her sister, Marion Koviack of Soddy-Daisy, TN.

Viewing on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at St Joseph Villa, Reading, PA. Mass on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Villa Chapel, Reading, PA followed by burial in the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters' Cemetery, Mount Alvernia, Reading, PA.

The Kopicki-Bradley Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., Reading, PA is in charge of arrangements.