Edward Jerome Kossa, Sr.

Edward J. “Eddie” Kossa, Sr., 72, of Dayton, died Friday, August 29, 2014, at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in Dayton followed by graveside services at 3:00 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Ammannsville. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with rosary beginning at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Eddie was born March 10, 1942, in Ammannsville, to parents: Jerome and Georgie Sassin Kossa, a former resident of LaPorte, and has resided in Dayton for the past 33 years. He was a graduate of Bishop Forest High School, a pipefitter for Pipefitters Local #211, and member of the Knights of Columbus, and the Dayton Masonic Lodge #825. He also enjoyed restoring antique cars, watching westerns, camping with his family, and his two Boston Terriers Rocky and Roxie. Mr. Kossa was preceded in death by his father: Jerome Kossa and sisters: Geraldine Kossa and Annie Ondrusek. He is survived by his wife of 47 years: Velma Carol Kossa of Dayton, daughters: Mary Catherine Sargent and husband William of Milano and Lee Ann Brewer and husband Johnny of Dayton, son: Edward Jerome Kossa, Jr. and wife Becky of Huffman, sisters: Dr. Mary Jones and husband Lynard of Ft. Worth, Josephine Lynn Petrosky and husband Willie of Yoakum, and Caroline Kasper of Florida, brothers: John Kossa of Gladewater and Mike Kossa and wife Linda of Ammannsville, seven grandchildren: Jonathon, Joshua, Nathaniel, and Benjamin Brewer and Michael, Rachael and Daniel Kossa, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.