Jeanne A. Riesterer, 85, a longtime member of the Archdiocesan Review Board and former mayor of Roseville, died at home on July 7 in Sterling Heights.

Mrs. Riesterer was a graduate from St. Mary Catholic School in Mount Clemens and a member of the class of 1947 at Siena Heights College. Mrs. Riesterer earned her bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University and continued her learning by receiving a master’s degree in education from Wayne State, and a second master’s degree in psychology from the University of Detroit.

Mrs. Riesterer was a retired school psychologist for the Anchor Bay School District, and in 1981 she was elected mayor of Roseville and served for 12 years. Mrs. Riesterer managed Sacred Heart cemetery for more than 30 years and was appointed to the Archdiocesan Clergy Review Board, where she served for more than 16 years.

She also served in various capacities in Sacred Heart Parish, Roseville, of which she was a lifelong member.

Bishop Walter Hurley of Grand Rapids, a former auxiliary bishop in Detroit, who presided over the funeral liturgy for Mrs. Riesterer July 11 at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, St. Clair Shores, called her “a good and loyal friend, a very gifted and competent woman who loved and served her family, the Church and the community with great dedication.”

“She was always willing to set aside her own comfort and ease for the service of others,” Bishop Hurley said. “She was a humble, joyful and wise woman of deep faith and prayer and brought that to all she did. I know she would be grateful for your prayers.”

Michigan Appeals Court Judge Michael Talbot, chairman of the review board, said “She had a great love for the Church and brought both outstanding professional credentials and solid common sense to our deliberations. She was of great help during a particularly difficult time.”

Mrs. Riesterer was the beloved wife of the late Joseph E. Riesterer, Jr.; mother of Raymond (Angela), Barbara, Michael (Mary Lou), John (Anna Marie), Joyce, Gerard (Pat), James (Ann), Richard (Susan), Matthew (Catherine), Andrew (Sue Ellen), and Rosemarie; grandmother of 18; and a great-grandmother of three. Mrs. Riesterer was predeceased by her grandson Christopher and five siblings.