The funeral Mass for Cora O. Schiller-Andersen will be at 11:00am. Friday October 28, 2011 at Madonna Towers in Rochester with Rev. James Russell officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.   Visitation will be from 10:00am – 11:00am on Friday at Madonna Towers.

Mrs. Schiller-Andersen, 94, of Rochester passed away peacefully on October 23, 2011 at Madonna Towers.

Cora Oline Westerhaug was born on July 18, 1917 in Underwood, MN to William and Mary (Aas) Westerhaug.  She married Leslie Schiller on September 26, 1938 in Fergus Falls; Leslie passed away on March 5, 1981.  She married Howard Andersen on November 24, 1984; he passed away on February 26, 1994.  Cora was an active member of St. Francis Parish and Rosary Group.  She was also a member of the Silver Lake Ladies of the Lake Walking Group.  She was also an avid seamstress, dancer and card player.

Survivors include children Pam Willard, Angela (Ted) Leja; step children Phillip (Libby) Andersen, Jane Andersen, Charlotte (Ron) Kringen, Tom (Julie) Andersen, Karl (Linda) Andersen and Mary (John) Freeman; grandchildren Kimberly and J.R. Willard, Anastasia Leja; step grandchildren Gregory, Joseph and Carter Andersen, Kelly Tudeen, Michael Gullo, Jackie Vanslooten, Kent and Scott Kringen, Mark and Eric Andersen, Todd and Leah Andersen and Katie Freeman and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  She is preceded in death by her parents, both her husbands; step children Paul and Judy Andersen; sister Clarice Thompson and brother-in-law Waldron Thompson.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota or the Ronald McDonald House of Rochester, Minnesota.