Born September 9, 1917 in Herman, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Eugene N. Geibel and Annie Reott.

Mrs. Oesterling was a member of St. Marks Lutheran Church where she was a member of the "Home Builders" Sunday School Class. She loved taking care of her home, beautifying it inside and out. Mrs. Oesterling loved her flowers, watching the birds, putting jig-saw puzzles together, reading, and listening to Al Jolson sing. She worked at the Spade Shirt Company before she was married. Mrs. Oesterling was a devoted wife and mother and took pride in her family. She was the faithful house keeper for the Elmer C. Bennitt Family where she retired after working there for many years.

Mrs. Oesterling is survived by one son, Clifford Oesterling Jr. and his wife, Shirley; three daughters, Sara Cain Stirling of Butler, Pennsylvania, Eleanor J. Rodgers of Fenelton, Pennsylvania, Jeanne and her husband, Dale Thorington, Missouri; twelve grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren ; three sisters, Luella Armahizer of Butler, Pennsylvania, Lucille and her husband Donald Riebold, California, Arlene Cubbage of Butler, Pennsylvania and many nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Oesterling was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford E. Oesterling Sr. whom she married April 10, 1937 and passed away September 23,1972, one grandchild, two brothers, Alfred H. Geibel and Morgan Geibel and three sisters, Anna May Liebler, Rita Osche, and Rose Mary Smith.

Friends will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Sunday, July 18, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc. on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. with Reverend Dr. Alden Towberman of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow in Gruenwald Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Concordia Lutheran Ministries, 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, Pennsylvania 16023.