PRICE — Kerry Nick Fister, 91, died May 20. She was a member of Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish. Fister was born June 29, 1916, in Spring Glen, Utah, to John and Maria Teresa Cortese Nick. She grew up in Price and attended Notre Dame de Lourdes School. She graduated from Carbon High School. She married Phillip J. Fister May 13, 1939, in Price. He died Dec. 1, 1995. She sang with her sisters, Paulmina, Jose, and her niece Sister Jean Juliano in the Notre Dame de Lourdes Choir for many years, and for numerous weddings and funerals for different faiths. In 1994, they were honored with the Governor’s Award in Arts for their years of dedication. Fister loved music and taught herself to play the guitar as a teenager, and later taught lessons for many years. She was also an excellent cook and baker. She is survived by her daughter and two sons, Rose Marie (Roy) Hofer, John (Deborah) Fister, Nick (Alma) Fister, all of Price; four grandchildren, Johnna (Tom) Boyack, Spring Glen, Paul (Tracy) Hofer, Price, Johnny Fister, Lafayette, Calif., Billy Cipponeri, Price; four great-grandchildren, two brothers, several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. A funeral Mass was celebrated at Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal was in Price City Cemetery.
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