Edward E. Kosa

March 23, 1926 – August 3, 2002

 Edward E. Kosa, 86 of Monroe died at 3:42 p.m. Friday at Sterling House Assisted Living.

  Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Rupp Funeral Home. He will lie instate Friday at 9 a.m. in St. Mary Catholic Church with the Mass of the Resurrection at 10 a.m. Rev. Marc Gawronski, pastor will officiate. Entombment to follow at St. Joseph Cemetery with military honors by V.F.W. Post 1138 Monroe.

  Born March 23, 1926 in Newton Fall, Ohio he was the son of Gabor and Julia (Simko) Kosa. He married Mary Kathryn Maurer on April 4, 1959 at St. Mary Catholic Church. She preceded him in death on July 12, 2002.

   Ed was a barber in Monroe for forty years, first at the Park Hotel and then at the Ed Kosa Barber Shop at 127 S. Monroe St. until retiring in 1988 then he worked as the parking lot attendant for MB&T for twelve years.

   Ed served in the U.S. Nary during World War II from October 27, 1943 to April 2, 1946.

   Ed was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, V.F.W. Post 1138 Monroe, Knights of Columbus #1266 Monroe, Raisin River General Assembly, Fourth Degree and a 1946 graduate of Monroe High School.

   Surviving are his brother-in-law Lawrence Maurer of Monroe, nieces Mary Jane Francis of Monroe, Julia Kosa of Columbus, Ohio, Denise Deland of Cambellsville, Kentucky; nephews Michael Kosa of Monroe and Eric Kosa of Georgia; good friends and caretakers Vince Castiglione, Panoka Walker and Jim and June Coyne.

   He was preceded in death by his wife Mary K., brothers, William and Gabriel Kosa and sister Mary Dolly Tillotson.

   Memorials may be sent to the Monroe Public Schools Ed & Mary K. Kosa Scholarship Fund.

   Online condolences may be sent through www.ruppfuneralhomeinc.com.