September 12, 2011  

CASTORLAND, N.Y.  —  Bonnie J. Kloster, 60, of the Third Road, Castorland, died unexpectedly Sunday morning, Sept. 11, at the home of her daughter, Jodi McConnell, Rural Ave., Lowville.  

The funeral will be noon Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc., Lowville, with Rev. Bruce W. Chapman, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Burial will follow in Beaches Bridge Cemetery. Calling hours are 10 a.m. to noon at the funeral home.

Born May 12, 1951, in Lowville, a daughter of Maynard Hirschey and the late Sally Hulbert Hirschey, she attended Lowville Academy.  

She married Anthony F. “Dudo” Kloster on Oct. 28, 1978, at Lowville United Methodist Church with Rev. Kirby officiating. 

She worked for the former Crown Zellerbach, later named James River Corporation in Carthage for 17 years. She has most recently worked for McManus Hotel as a home delivered meal driver, and at the Maple Ridge meal site on the East Road in Lowville.  

She enjoyed reading, writing in her journal, watching the Yankees and NASCAR.  She also liked Ford products.  She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. 

Surviving are three daughters, Tina Casler, Penn Yan, Crystal and Ed Brownell, LaFargeville, Jodi McConnell, Lowville; her father, Maynard Hirschey, Lowville; three brothers and their wives, Gary and Peg Hirschey, Maynard “Bruce” and Debra Hirschey, Michael and Connie Hirschey, all of Lowville; seven grandchildren, Jesse, Billy, Briannia, Samantha, Madisyn, Autumn and Brooklyn; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.  

She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony F. “Dudo” Kloster, who died March 1, 2008, a son, Corey Hughes, her mother, Sally Hirschey, and a sister, Kathy Woods. 

Contributions may be made to Friends of Lewis County Hospice, P.O. Box 266, Lowville, NY 13367. 

Condolences may be made online at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com. 







Information provided by Iseneker Funeral Home of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.