Marian Rita Keiser

Sister Antoinette Keiser, 78, of the Bernardine Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, died of natural causes on Sunday afternoon, September 10, 2023, at St. Joseph Villa, Reading, PA, where she had resided since 2022.

Born in Danville, PA, she was a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary (Chesney) Keiser.

Sister Antoinette entered the Bernardine Sisters Congregation on June 26, 1962, and was in her 62nd year of religious life. Sister earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Alvernia College and a Master of Arts in Religious Education from Villanova University. She served her ministry in Pennsylvania, Liberia (Africa), and Texas as a teacher, principal, in finance, as a local minister, congregational councilor, and computer instructor.

Sister is survived by the members of her Bernardine Franciscan Congregation. There are no surviving immediate family members.

Visitation at St. Joseph Villa, Reading, PA on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at 2:00 pm. Mass on Monday, September 25, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at Sacred Heart Convent 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.