Crystal Coester

April 16, 1930 - December 7, 2020

Crystal Coester, 90, died on Monday December 7, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents James and Erma Means Knox, sisters Janice Love and Mary Finch and Children Donna Bailey and Stephen Coester. She leaves behind children Cheryl DiCicco (Paul) and Wayne Coester (Joan). She was grandmother to Kim, Ashley, Paul, Danny, David, Jennifer, Lauren, Samantha, and Sarah. She also had eight great-grandchildren. Crystal spent her childhood in Mechanicsburg, Ohio and then lived in New Jersey and Texas before moving to Florida in 1972. Crystal worked for Pinellas County Schools as an occupational specialist for Vocational Education and then at Pinellas Park High School as an assistant doing job coaching in the deaf education program. She retired and spent the next twenty years caring for various family members. A victim of Alzheimer’s, she went to Menorah Manor and spent her last years under their excellent care. Crystal was laid to rest at Memorial Park at a private service. She will be forever missed by those she leaves behind.