Joseph F. Kosean

Daily Argus Observer (Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon)
Tuesday, November 17, 1981

PAYETTE - Graveside services for Joseph Frank Kosesan, 61, Payette, who died of natural causes Sunday in an Ontario hospital, will be conducted at 3 p.m. today, in Riverside Cemetery, Payette, by the Rev. Leonard Reifel of St. John's United Church of Christ, Payette, under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Chapel, Payette.

He was born Jan. 22, 1920, in Payette, where he reared and educated. He graduated from Payette High School. He entered the Navy in 1938 and was discharged in 1945. He was a radioman with the Civil Aeronautics Board. He later worked for the Idaho Department of Agriculture. He retired in 1978.

Survivors include his mother, Dora Neilson of Payette; a brother Bill of Salem, and a sister Pat (Anne) Smith of Ontario.

Friends may call at Shaffer-Jensen Chapel, Payette, from noon to 2 p.m. today.